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Chief economist update: Forecasting is futile

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... times, forecasting becomes futile. This is best exemplified by the piece I published yesterday, praising New Zealand and her prime minister Jacinda Ardern's win versus the virus. You would have had it on your monitors around lunchtime yesterday. ...

Chief economist update: Ardern's ardour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... without any recorded case of coronavirus infection - 'twas way back on May 1 when New Zealand reported the last infection. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's tough measures worked but our Kiwi brethren must also be congratulated for not invoking ...

Boutique launches multi-asset fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... property. Equity Trustees is the responsible entity, NAB acts as the custodian and administrator, while UBS will act as the prime broker and Mainstream Fund Services will provide the unit registry. Milord manages about $9 billion in total, of which about ...

New platform launches for super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... vocal super stakeholders including members, politicians and regulators, with APRA's controversial MySuper Product Heatmap a prime example. "APRA is using the Heatmap to highlight funds that they believe are either delivering poor net-of-tax returns or ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... others, and it's not hard to imagine that Victoria will have a problem greater than Houston. But just as Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared: "We're all Victorians now because we're all Australians". The country's other ...

It's your money: Hume calls out Keating

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
Senator Jane Hume has called out former Prime Minister Paul Keating over his criticism of the government's Early Release of Super scheme, calling him elitist. Taking to Twitter, Hume implied the former Prime Minister was part of an elite upper-echelon ...

Government introduces pandemic payment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... Victoria was placed in a stage four lockdown that will see thousands of non-essential workers without work from Wednesday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government needed to respond to this on the basis that they provide support in a disaster. ...

Aussies reevaluate retirement prospects

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had on working Australians. "It has been a big wake up call for those Australians in their prime working age regarding their employment, savings, expenses, investments and super, and many have been forced to get a ...

Spend your money how you please: PM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
The Prime Minister has said it is not the government's place to tell Australians how to spend the money they have removed from super due to the Early Release of Super (ERS) scheme. Speaking at a press conference Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the ...

Goldman chief faces backlash over DJ set

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... comes as Goldman Sachs reaches a US$2.5 billion deal with the Malaysian government over allegations it had helped former prime minister Najib Razak steal over RM 2.67 billion (~$880 million) from the country's sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. By accepting ...