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ASIC warns Indigenous Australians over scams

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... sharing personal information or investing money. The National Indigenous Consumer Strategy is developed by Commonwealth, States and Territory consumer agencies, to focus efforts in working together to improve outcomes for Indigenous consumers.

Calls for consent forms, opt-ins to be scrapped

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... back signed with added comments. The AIOFP said that letter represents a formal complaint by the clients about ASIC and states that the fee consent form is an invasion of client privacy that will not be accepted. The clients allegedly said they will ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... out again in Victoria, Australia forcing the state government to impose Stage 4 restrictions, and the country's other states to close their borders with Australia's second largest state. Queensland even went further by shutting its borders with ...

Chief economist update: Forecasting is futile

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... east coast - driven by sharp declines in NSW and VIC and a more modest decline in QLD. Confidence is now negative in all states except WA and Tas, with NSW and Vic significantly weaker than the rest." Business conditions improved to a reading of 0 from ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to face fresh class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... that from December 2014 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank demanded repayment of loans. But, subsequent court decisions in various states have since found that loan documents may have been invalid and therefore borrowers were not obligated to pay. The EQ Legal ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... pace as with July. This may be optimistic given the resurgence of cases of infections that have already prompted several states to reimpose restrictions, closures and disruptions in the economy. Latest data from worldometer.com shows the US with the ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... Scott Morrison declared: "We're all Victorians now because we're all Australians". The country's other five states and two territories could close their borders on Victorians but Victoria - which accounts for around 25% of national output ...

CalPERS chief investment officer resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... "CalPERS chief investment officer Ben Meng, Ph.D. is a globally-respected financial expert and a proud citizen of the United States. His commitment to California's public servants is extraordinary and his integrity above reproach," she said. "Dr. ...

Government introduces pandemic payment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... financial penalty still remains, this just weakens our COVID-19 defences." The payment is currently not available in any other states however would be available in other states and territories if the pandemic reached a similar scale in those areas. "I ...

Chief economist update: Could COVID-19 dissenters be correct?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... death toll of 5700, Sweden's mortality rate from the disease is now around a quarter higher than that of the United States, when adjusted for population size." On the other end of the scale, China has shown that draconian restrictions work... and ...