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Challenger welcomes board director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... director-general in the Office of National Assessments and worked at the Australian Treasury and at the Reserve Bank of Australia. Challenger chair Peter Polson said he is pleased to welcome Smith to the board. "She has performed at the highest level ...

RBA adds former BT director to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
The Morrison government has made two new appointments to the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Alison Watkins and Carolyn Hewson have been appointed members of the RBA board for a five-year period. Hewson is a former investment banker with ...

Chief economist update: Confidence unlocks Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... James Madison We, Australians all, are in a good place for not only do we have more money thanks to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Morrison government's largesse - but the wherewithal to spend and/or borrow to spend - and the motivation ...

Super SA to close growth option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... investment objective by Super SA and Funds SA. "Due to the unprecedented easing of monetary policy by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and global central banks, yields for short-term fixed interest securities (defensive assets) have fallen towards ...

Council of Financial Regulators monitors ASX, cybersecurity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... plan for cybersecurity. The Council of Financial Regulators, consisting of APRA, ASIC, Treasury and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), met for its quarterly meeting and acknowledged member concern on market functioning and investor confidence as a ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept monetary policy unchanged at its December board meeting - the last of 2020 - and for good reason. "In Australia, the economic recovery is under way and recent data have generally been better than expected... ...

EQT wins endowment mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... Schwartz as chair of its board. Schwartz is currently a non-executive director on the boards of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Qualitas Property Partners and the Schwartz family office, Trawalla Group. Along with her family, Schwartz established philanthropy ...

JobKeeper saved 700,000 jobs: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... payment would not have stayed employed this year without it, according to a research paper from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The Morrison government announced a series of fiscal measures at the start of the year in response to the sharp fall ...

Frydenberg unveils Retirement Income Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... the time. Frydenberg took into account arguments from the Grattan Institute and the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia to consider carefully the tradeoff in increasing SG and having less money in people's pockets. Hume flagged that better ...

Old problem needs new solution: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... a new approach to providing income for retiree clients, according to Allianz Retire+. Following the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) latest cash rate cut, down to 10 basis points, retirees with a large allocation to cash are not able to generate sufficient ...