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Chief economist update: No Karens in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
The difference between Australia and China, my friends, is there are no selfish, stupid "Karens" in China. None that compare to the one in the state of Victoria that has now gone viral, protesting against the mandatory wearing of face masks. Let's ...

Hume calls out ERS fake news

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
At the Financial Services Council Life Insurance Summit Senator Jane Hume has said "fake news" about consumers losing life insurance due to the early release of super has irritated her. Hume said consumers would not lose life insurance policies held ...

Calls for broad default life insurance system

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
There have been renewed calls from the country's major life insurers and adviser groups for a reset of the life insurance sector to allow for greater access. The Choice and Assess to Life Insurance (CALI) campaign, includes members from AIA, MLC ...

Chief economist update: Second wave comes to Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Getting bitten by the love bug may be lovelier the second time around but definitely not if it's a second bite from the coronavirus. Australia is currently in the midst of it. Now the second wave looks like it's come to Japan. According to Kyodo ...

New class action regulations slammed

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... creating excessive red tape, and excessive requirements through the legislations." Likewise, Class Actions Australia spokesperson Ben Hardwick said the ramifications of these new regulations could be significant. "I don't know what Frydenberg's discussed ...

US pension funds form trading alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Four US pension funds have partnered to form the Global Peer Financing Association (GPFA), in a bid to increase and encourage peer-to-peer trading activity in the securities lending and repo markets to benefit asset owners. California Public Employees' ...

Netwealth launches Milliman managed accounts

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman has formed a partnership with platform provider Netwealth to widen the distribution of its first range of managed accounts that aim to dampen the effects of market volatility. Milliman's first managed account ...

NULIS calls for clearer regulatory definitions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
NULIS said it intends to explore opportunities to enhance its intra-fund advice offering, but requires more concise regulatory definitions before it can proceed. In a written response submitted to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics ...

Media Super names chief operating officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
The $6 billion fund has appointed Elise van der Heyde, as chief operating officer ahead of the proposed merger with the Cbus. Van der Heyde joins from Link Group where she was head of product and strategy. She also previously served as a senior change ...

Chief economist update: Australian outlook under COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Only seven months before, Australia was on course to bring its fiscal budget back in the black after 12 years and an almost equal number of promises later from both sides of the political divide. The Mid-Year Economic and Financial Outlook (MYEFO) - ...