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ASIC puts trustees on notice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has warned superannuation trustees to improve the standard of communication to fund members about Putting Members' Interests First (PMIF) reforms, hinting it may take action against funds if necessary. ...

Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... happen on Melbourne Cup Day, 5 November. But it will happen - perhaps down to negative and up to the point where the Australian central bank is forced into quantitative easing and print Australian dollars. This is because latest survey data disprove ...

Member interests delay recommended

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
The Senate Economics Legislation Committee has recommended MPs waive the Government's member interests superannuation reforms through Parliament, almost untouched. Releasing the report into its inquiry of the Putting Members Interests First Bill (PMIF) ...

Super body opposes member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
The Government's move to reintroduce its member interests superannuation reforms continues to rile pockets of the super sector. The national advocacy group for women employed in superannuation and financial services, Women in Super (WIS), has condemned ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... the RBA to LIFT interest rates... and soon. Banking on historical precedence (pun intended), Matthew Cranston - the Australian Financial Review 's (AFR) economic correspondent - doesn't think July rate cut is a done deal because: "Of the 46 times ...

Chief economist update: Surveys back All Ords climb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... economic activity, the lingering trade war and now, geopolitical concerns (prompted by the developing US-Iran stoush), the Australian equity market keeps on climbing. This year-to-date, the All Ordinaries index has rallied by 19.7%, outperforming both ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... August 2016 - and RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle's hinting a down move on interest rates. In his address to the Australian Business Economists Annual Dinner in Sydney yesterday, Debelle said: "The Reserve Bank has repeatedly said that our expectation ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... (headline down to 1.9% in the September quarter (from 2.1) - the sharp decline in oil prices and slight increase in the Australian dollar would further damp inflation pressures going forward. In its November statement, the RBA printed that: "Business ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... shows we shipped 29.6% of our total exports to China in FY 2016/17. In turn, exports account for more than 20% of the Australian economy (World Bank data). So what's happening in China? While Chinese GDP growth slowed from 6.7% in the second quarter ...

All up and all together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... expectations for acceleration to 3% from 1.8% in the June quarter prove accurate. We'll find out this Wednesday when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases the September quarter figures. Sure these numbers tell the story of synchronised accelerating ...