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Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
China has continued to tighten the screws on Australia after formally banning the importation of Australian coal. The reason, or reasons, are immaterial. Beijing could dig up a number of justifications for its most recent diktat the same way it did ...

ISA ramps up campaign against super reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has significantly ramped up its campaign against the Morrison government's Your Future, Your Super reforms package saying it will only serve to help dud funds. ISA said the reforms package will benefit the big banks and ...

Financial services' biggest tax bills revealed

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
How much did Challenger, Perpetual, UBS and J.P. Morgan pay in taxes? The Australian Taxation Office has released the latest numbers. The ATO's latest Corporate Tax Transparency report found AMP Limited as the financial institution outside the big ...

Mayfair 101 heads to mediation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
In what seems to be a win for the embattled business, the federal court has consented to Mayfair 101's request that a mediation be ordered in proceedings brought by ASIC. "Today's court outcome is a big win for our investors. This matter should have ...

Chief economist update: ECB expands PEPP

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
The European Central Bank (ECB) didn't disappoint financial markets expecting more goodies in their Christmas stockings. While it kept the price of credit unchanged - repo rate at 0%, marginal lending rate at 0.25% and deposit facility rate at -0.5% ...

Key advice reforms tabled

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
New regulation that requires financial advisers to disclose conflicts of interest and stamp out fees-for-no service have been tabled in parliament. The Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response No. 2) Bill 2020 aims to strengthen many ...

Chief economist update: Confidence unlocks Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
"The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money." - James Madison We, Australians all, are in a good place for not only do we have more money thanks to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Morrison government's largesse ...

Government to wind up FASEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority will be made redundant as two government bodies take over its remit. Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume announced on December 9 that ...

Investec to close Aussie business

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
The South African wealth manager and banking group is exiting the Australian market after 20 years. The company said the move is not a reflection of performance of the Australian business or employees, but a "strategic exit" to focus on its core markets ...

TAL group life lead in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
TAL's executive general manager of group life is set to take on a new role at Zurich in March. Darren Wickham has been appointed head of group insurance at Zurich, joining the insurer's leadership team. With about 30 years' experience as ...