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ISA, ME Bank issued please explain

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... Australia in publishing dubious calculations about the impacts of early withdrawal will be examined, as will processes to stop fraud." Despite claims by the super sector that funds have ample liquidity to meet early release applications, Wilson will ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
"Happiness equals reality minus expectations". Tom Magliozzi's famous five words appear to have made their way to Wall Street. For how else is one to explain the rally on 'the wall' - S&P 500 up 1.7%; DJIA up 1.9%; Nasdaq up 1.6%; Russell ...

AFP investigates ERS scams

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
The Australian Federal Police are investigating a small number of scams in relation to the government's Early Release of Super scheme. The Australian Taxation Office said measures designed to protect the integrity of the early access to super scheme ...

New course helps advisers recognise financial abuse

JULIA NEWBOULD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
Financial advisers will soon have access to a tool which will make it easier to recognise some of the tell-tale signs of financial abuse, which may be affecting their clients. The Financial Abuse Specialist certification course is a program designed ...

Lockdown measures cost $4bn a week: Frydenberg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... economy $4 billion a week. New analysis from Treasury estimates the mass closure of businesses and activities, designed to stop the spread of the virus, will see GDP fall 10% in the June quarter. The analysis found that for every extra week the current ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... slowdown) is averted! But the inverted US yield curve is like that commercial ad for Pringles - once you pop, you can't stop! Back in August last year, I declared that "The Fed can cut all it wants and even restart QE, but the die has been cast". ...

Is it really as bad as it seems?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... chief Elon Musk took to Twitter to call for the freedom of the American people. The IMF has warned the lockdown measures to stop the spread will result in global growth coming in at -3.3% this year and will lead to a downturn worse than the Great Depression. ...

Pandemic puts pressure on ETF spreads

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
The spreads on many exchange-traded products were wider than usual amid the COVID-19 market crash, with price discovery becoming increasingly more difficult. That's according to ETF Securities co-head of sales Kanish Chugh, who pointed to global equity ...

Chief economist update: BOJ expands Enhancement of Monetary Easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) added another monetary policy term to our vocabulary at its March 2020 meeting - Enhancement of Monetary Easing - as it tries to limit the economic fallout from the coronavirus. It had the same label for its expanded policy initiative ...

Billionaires club rakes in cash amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
Since the beginning of the year, America's wealthiest billionaires have seen their wealth increase by millions, with eight seeing their net worth surge by more than US$1 billion dollars. The latest research from the Institute for Policy Studies revealed ...