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Global public debt to reach 101.5% of GDP: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... the woods. Even as many countries tentatively exit the Great Lockdown, in the absence of a solution to the health crisis, huge uncertainties remain about the path of the recovery," the IMF said. "The top priority is still public health. Policies that ...

Pinnacle appoints chief financial officer

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
Pinnacle Investment Management has appointed a chief financial officer to support its ongoing growth. Dan Longan has nabbed the role, following about five years at the company. During this time, Logan was extensively involved in managing the finance ...

Super reform should happen, but not now: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... need to be refined." Daley argued that the government needs to set up Australia to live in a world with COVID-19. "This is a huge and urgent agenda. And for once, the urgent really is important," he said. "Given the size of this agenda, if governments ...

Robo users double down during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... logging in 7% less than they did in February. This comes after ASIC issued a warning to retail investors after brokers saw a huge increase in day trading during the COVID-19 volatility, with many trying to profit from markets being down actually losing ...

COVID-19 dampens retirement expectations: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... and clear dissatisfaction that needs to be urgently addressed if the system is to work as intended," he said. "We have a huge opportunity to get the Australian system right and while there are pressing matters to attend to post COVID-19, this is one ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... were not supported by the government," Fox said. "At a time when retail brokers and investment advisers were experiencing a huge increase in workload dealing with client enquiries during the current market turmoil, which made study and exam sitting particularly ...

Men gamble ERS payment away: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... retirement with the early withdrawal of super." According to the data, from the start of May discretionary spending saw a huge uptick. It dropped down to 30 points below normal levels in April but regained those 30 points by the start of June. The researchers ...

New role for AMP Capital ESG head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
The former head of ESG investment research at AMP Capital has taken up a new role. Ian Woods will provide specialist consultancy on climate change and responsible investment to Chronos Sustainability. He will be Chronos' climate change and sustainable ...

ERS emerges as tax loophole for expats

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... something we would be encouraging people to do necessarily," he said. "But in the case of the expat they wouldn't have a huge amount in super and they are probably planning to go back anyway, so it makes sense for them, particularly for the tax saving ...

Is the worst yet to come?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... investors is around the incredible amount of money that has been pumped into the Australian economy which will result in a huge budget deficit. "A fair bit of my time is spent thinking about the idea of the penetration of central banks into asset markets," ...