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Government puts stopper on Future Fund drawdowns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The Federal Government has said drawdowns from the Future Fund will not commence in 2020-21 in order to preserve returns. As per the Future Fund Act 2006, drawdowns from the Future Fund were expected to commence at this point to meet the unfunded liabilities ...

Growth maintains momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
While there's little progress over inflation, it actually reversed in March - headline CPI inflation down to 1.5% from 2.0% in February; core inflation down to 0.7% from 0.9% -- latest data indicate that growth in the Eurozone continues to gain momentum. ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
Trump's actions against Syria show that he walks the talk, putting Chinese president Xi on notice that the US may yet make good on its threat to slap a 45% tariff on Chinese imports. America's missile assault on Syria, in retaliation for the chemical ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
It's not as good as it looks. The second biggest Australian trade surplus on record, that is. Us, Australians all, should be rejoicing at the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report that the country's international trade surplus widened by 138% ...

Custodians turn attention to CIVs and MITs

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
The Australian Custodial Services Association will focus its attention around improving the local funds management sector to increase its global competitiveness in 2017. Speaking to its 2016: Year in Review report, ACSA said it will specifically focus ...

Still unsure about POTUS 45

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
They've tried to take away his thumbs from twitter when he was Donald Trump @realDonaldTrump. Still, he prevailed and from 20 January 2017, Donald Trump - the 45th president of the United States - became known in twitterland as President Trump or @POTUS. ...

The race is on for offshore investments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
The New Year will be crucial for simplifying regulation around offshore investment vehicles, according to Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane. Speaking to Financial Standard, Loane noted that corporate collective investment vehicles ...

ASIC takes Westpac to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
A battle over the definition of personal and general financial advice will play out in the Federal Court following ASIC's decision to bring civil proceedings against Westpac subsidiaries. The corporate regulator is alleging Westpac Securities Administration ...

New investment vehicles need work: industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... in Sydney on Thursday, King & Wood Mallesons partner Andrew Clements said one of the key areas in delivering an effective CIV regime would be a simplification of the current withholding tax rules. "The challenge with withholding taxes is not the [tax] ...

BUSSQ sees C-suite expansion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
Queensland industry superannuation fund BUSSQ has confirmed it will undergo a C-suite expansion from October as part of its strategy to split the chief executive and chief investment officer roles. BUSSQ chief executive David O'Sullivan confirmed he ...