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RBA measures not solely due to COVID: Treasury

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... cyclical stabilisation tool." Kennedy said there is now a question whether the bar should be lowered for government intervention when there is a large shock that requires fiscal policy. "Monetary policy setting through central banks has traditionally ...

Sovereign investors keen on gold, infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Invesco's annual survey of 139 sovereign investors found they are increasing allocation to gold, and plan on adding fixed income and infrastructure in the 12 months ahead. The annual report, now in its eighth year, found sovereign investors entered ...

ATO can make cost of advice cheaper: Asher

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... the cost of advice in improving living standards for older Australians. "It seems clear that more direct government intervention may be required - just like the introduction of the Superannuation Guarantee, MySuper and even Account Based Pensions," Asher ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... anti-growth in its approach," he said. "Populist policies like protectionism (trade wars); anti-immigration and government intervention are all anti-growth in nature and are likely to continue to put downward pressure on the already sluggish one to two ...

Return to the mutual model: Expert

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... consumers are justified in asking what exactly has been the benefit of industry vertical amalgamation and government intervention." Daniels is of the opinion that because mutual companies share profits with policyholder members they need to be aligned ...

Australia ahead in gender diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... Australia's commitment to making gender diversity on boards a serious business imperative and without government intervention has made it a standout from other countries. And financial services led the way. Women accounted for 32.4% of superannuation ...

Grandfathered commissions: Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... off for the group's employed advisers in 2014. In October, Commonwealth Bank began advocating for government intervention in removing grandfathered commissions for super and investment products. "We support the removal of grandfathered commissions ...

CBA to refund dead customers, grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... accounts by about $20 million annually. This will commence in January 2019. CBA is also advocating for government intervention in removing such payments on super and investment products. "We support the removal of grandfathered commissions from superannuation ...

O'Dwyer flags government intervention on insurance in super code

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
The Revenue and Financial Services Minister said the Federal Government is prepared to take matters into its own hands because superannuation funds still aren't doing enough to stop life insurance premiums unduly eroding retirement savings. Kelly O'Dwyer ...

Instos seeking smart carbon plays

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... stranded asset risk. In a recent whitepaper Impax argues investors should model the impact of potential government intervention in fossil fuel markets and replace their market-weighted basket of energy stocks with a new energy basket. This would include ...