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FSU wants CBA to up pay

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... going during these difficult times and we would hope the CBA takes note of that when it comes to finalising the current round of enterprise bargaining," Angrisano said. "FSU members have worked hard in the most challenging environment this year to assist ...

IOOF, LUCRF Super on ERS workload

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
IOOF and LUCRF Super have revealed that the government's early release of super program was one of the most challenging elements of the COVID-19 pandemic to adapt to. IOOF head of fund statutory reporting Paul Tsironis said that ERS resulted in a huge ...

Chief economist update: The V in recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
Were it not for the "second wave" now doing the rounds in a number of cities around the world, the letter "V" would now be standing for "victory" against the war on COVID-19. The gradual easing of restrictions has unfrozen social and business activity ...

Regulatory, legal exam questions trip up advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... exam results saw an 84% pass rate, better than the 79% pass rate in April. However, significantly more advisers sat this round with 2282 advisers sitting the exam, compared to just 470 in April. A total of 10,239 advisers sat the exam in June - with ...

Chief economist update: A tiny bug takes down the largest economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." - Wizard of Oz Data revealed in the latest US National Accounts gave meaning to declarations that we are living in unprecedented times. Some would be concerned, but most would understand, reading ...

Hearts and Minds but no ratings

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... we've got their best ideas' - but they struggled to look at it like that. "Perhaps it's just a square peg in a round hole and we just have to wait." Ratings agencies are not charities; they will either charge investment funds fees in return ...

Morrison's legacy will be retirement poverty: ACTU

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... superannuation program, saying that Prime Minister Scott Morrison's legacy will be a wave of retirement poverty. Following the second round of early release withdrawals commencing on 1 July 2020 and the value of applications topping $23 billion, the ...

ERS surges $7bn in a week

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... and payments and Treasury has had access to the advance numbers. "The larger point is that most people applying for this round of ERS are likely to be older because the younger folks who dominated the first round have probably cleaned out their accounts," ...

APRA warns of ERS second wave

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... when the ATO website crashed due to the number of Aussies logging on to complete their tax return and apply for the second round of ERS. In addition, APRA said this may impact processing times for payments being made by funds. This comes as the regulator ...

Mandates from superannuation funds slow

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Superannuation fund awarded only 30 mandates in the three months to March totaling $2.5 billion, down significantly from the December quarter's 63 totaling $8.6 billion, new data from Rainmaker Information shows. International equities strategies ...