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Australia ranked seventh for retirement wellbeing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... Australian investors being less likely to withdraw from their retirement savings than those in other countries during the pandemic. According to the Natixis sample group, only 5.5% reported making a withdrawal from their super - compared to 7% internationally ...

ATO will not pursue erroneous JobKeeper payments

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... subsidy introduced by the federal government for businesses that struggled financially at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate Economics Legislation Committee's Inquiry into the Coronavirus Economic Response Package Amendment (Ending ...

IFM Investors' Sydney Airport dream still alive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... per share, calling the offers "opportunistic" and accusing the consortium of undervaluing the airport considering the pandemic. "Sydney Airport is strongly positioned to deliver growth as vaccination rates increase and we move into a post pandemic recovery ...

Strong year for farmland assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... widespread growth in Australian farm incomes to 30 June 2021," the farmland manager said. "...The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have so far been relatively benign for the sector. Isolated workforce shortages have led to increased labour costs and ...

ERS re-contributions won't be taxed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... who took advantage of the government's early release of superannuation (ERS) program, due to loss of income during the pandemic, can put the money back in their account without incurring a tax penalty. The Australian Taxation Office confirmed individuals ...

AMP tweaks executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... has played an important leadership role through challenging circumstances, supporting AMP's response to the global pandemic and resetting its cultural agenda," AMP said. Replacing her is current group director, people and culture Rebecca Nash. She ...

Cracking the data science code

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... enhance the exisiting process and another approach is dealing with new situations that are very difficult." The coronavirus pandemic is a good example. Hlavaty said machine learning has been able to build processes and models dynamically that rebalance ...

Experts torn on inflation outlook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... should not be complacent about the idea that inflation is going to be short lived," she said. Since the start of the pandemic, Ward said, there has been a worldwide disruption to supply chains, but demand has recovered since the pandemic, despite the ...

Wayne Swan to chair Cbus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... that Australia now has a $3.3 trillion pool of national savings." He added that as Australia recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, he thinks superannuation is more important than ever. "Just as superannuation played a vital role in responding to the global ...

Communicate risk, defensiveness differently: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... when bonds and cash are not delivering. For example, he said, farmland and timberland were deemed essential during the pandemic - and these assets have provided strong returns while providing a defensive element to portfolios during this period. "The ...