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To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
"Never ask a barber if you need a haircut," Warren Buffett once famously advised. The barber's nod will invariably be met with opposition from shampoo manufacturers. Such is the divide between the Morrison government (the barber) and labour unions ...

Wage subsidy to rescue advice industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
With just 65 new names appearing on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register in 2020, the rapid decline in adviser numbers has industry experts calling for a wage subsidy to incentivise advice practices to take hire graduates. In its pre-Budget submission ...

To merge or not to merge?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
The question around whether being bigger is better was one of the key points of discussion at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference, with MTAA and Aware Super talking mergers. MTAA Super chief Leeanne Turner said that whilst ...

Deutsche Bank appoints local head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
Deutsche Bank has appointed a returning executive as its head of financial institutions group for Australia. Martin Nosek most recently worked at Nomura as the head of FIG Australia and co-head of FIG Asia Pacific. Prior to this, he spent 14 years at ...

Age pension spending to rise: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
Industry Super Australia (ISA) said ditching the 12% superannuation guarantee could add over $33 billion to Age Pension spending. ISA said modelling from Rice Warner suggested the Age Pension would have to make up for the superannuation guarantee not ...

Chief economist update: Light at the end of the Euro tunnel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
It's beginning to look a lot like the Eurozone economy wouldn't be able to dodge a double-dip recession given tighter and/or extended coronavirus restrictions and lockdowns remain in place in many of its member countries. Eurozone GDP fell into ...

Industry funds pool $61bn of assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
Two industry superannuation funds will pool their assets to create a $61 billion trust, in a move that is set to be a better alternative to a merger. Touted as an industry first, Maritime Super and Hostplus today announced an asset-pooling partnership ...

Perpetual bolsters distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... Perpetual has made three key hires to its distribution team as part of a global strategy across its asset management divisions. Ben Daly has been appointed director of institutional business for Perpetual Asset Management in Australia. He joins from ...

Frontier on hiring spree

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
Frontier has flagged hiring appetite for senior consultant and research roles, as it announces eight new additions including a senior consultant from CitiBank. Jill Guan has joined Frontier as a senior consultant specialising in debt and currency. She ...

Chief economist update: Money plus confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
"The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money." - James Madison, 4th President of the USA (1809-1817) and Founding Father The Morrison government circulating more money which, according to the Budget Papers 2020-21, amounts ...