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Chief economist update: Changing to Lagarde

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... September's forecast), 1.1% in 2020 (from 1.0%), 1.4% in 2021 (from 1.5%), andf 1.6% in 2022 (new forecast). In her press conference, Lagarde painted an optimistic picture. "... Incoming economic data and survey information, while remaining weak ...

Industry fund for coal miners on ESG journey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... at a panel on ESG issues at the annual Investment Performance Measurement, Attribution and Risk Management (iPARM) conference in Sydney. Nair sat with key industry figures who have built reputations on ethical investing to defend Mine Super's position. ...

Don't over-interpret OECD super fee figures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... "fees charged by pension providers for the cost of running pension plans." In his maiden speech to the annual ASFA Conference earlier this month, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy noted the figures from the ...

Chief economist update: As low as Lowe will go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... and assumed that zero would be the lower bound (before QE). In his outing at the Australian Business Economists' conference last night, RBA Governor Lowe couldn't be more explicit on how low the official cash rate could go: "Our current thinking ...

Countdown to FPA Congress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... phase," Tate-Lovery told Financial Standard. "It's easy to say that but nobody shows you how to do it. So this whole conference will unpack that and sow the seeds of optimism." And so it follows that the issue of change management hasn't been overlooked. ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... its first of three rate cuts in June this year, Governor Lowe told his audience at the Economic Society of Australia conference in Brisbane that: "In the event that the unemployment rate does not move lower with current policy settings, there are a number ...

New advice groups detrimental to consumers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... in significance to future failures he expects will come as a result of "fringe" advice groups. Appearing at the ASFA Conference in Melbourne last week, IPAC Securities co-founder and NAB director Peeyush Gupta said it should not be celebrated that well-capitalised ...

Remediation bill tops $10b: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... billion, but only $660 million has been returned to 1.2 million consumers. Speaking at the FINSIA: The Regulators 2019 conference, ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said "doing the right thing", particularly when dealing with non-financial risks, is a ...

Hume blasts super merger laggards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... merging, saying there is simply no excuse when members' best interests are at play. Speaking on the final day of the ASFA Conference in Melbourne this morning, the Assistant Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Financial Technology Senator ...

Rapid pace of regulatory change to continue

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... superannuation funds should expect the pace of regulatory change to continue into 2020 as she addressed the 2019 ASFA conference in Melbourne. Using her speech to reflect on the changes experienced by the industry, Smith said it has been a significant ...