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Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
Australia's consumer prices continue to recover from the 1.9% drop in the June 2020 quarter - the largest quarterly fall in the 72 year history of the CPI. However, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's headline inflation ...

Optimum Pensions partners with Generation Life

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... returns and better tax outcomes. We are delighted to now partner with Optimum Pensions," Generation Life chief executive Grant Hackett said. "We are now delighted to partner with Optimum Pensions. Together, we will deliver an innovative lifetime annuity ...

ASIC slams auditors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... revenue appropriately and test the accuracy of net asset values which were the basis for asset management fees. PwC, BDO, Grant Thornton and KPMG failed to obtain reasonable assurance that the financial reports were free of material misstatement in numerous ...

SuperConcepts appoints interim chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... its chief information officer as the interim chief executive after incumbent Lara Bourguignon resigned earlier this month. Grant Christensen moved into the role on December 18. He joined SuperConcepts in 2006 and has worked in the SMSF industry for 15 ...

Jail time for tax adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
The Federal Court has sentenced a tax adviser to seven and a half months in prison and fined him $640,000. Brisbane-based Kent Scott Hacker will spend Christmas behind bars after receiving the seven and a half months sentence. He, and his related companies ...

Equity Trustees reports on 2020 giving

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... year to 204. Total grants in 2020 stood at $83.4 million across grants and bequests. However, the largest discretionary grant made was $300,000 slimmer this year at $1.3 million. The biggest area of focus for donors was medical research and health - ...

Real estate proves resilience: CoreLogic

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
The residential real estate market has proved resilient in the face of the economic shutdown caused by COVID-19, according to CoreLogic's 2020 Best of the Best report. Australia's $7.2 trillion real estate market was upheld by the top end, with luxury ...

Xinja ceases banking

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
The prudential regulator has confirmed it will be monitoring the return of deposits by Xinja Bank as it ceases to operate as an authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI). Xinja made the decision to withdraw its transaction and savings account products ...

Australia bottoms out on fund disclosure

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) and stewardship disclosure. Morningstar director of manager research for Australia Grant Kennaway told Financial Standard the results are not unexpected but disappointing, nonetheless. "Australia has been kicking ...

Damning Rio report to shake mining industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
The damning report into Rio Tinto's destruction of the Juukan Gorge sacred sites has recommended mining companies completely change the way they do business, with super funds invested in miners already welcoming the findings. On 24 May 2020, Rio Tinto ...