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Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
Rest's legal stoush with one of its members over the fund's approach to climate change is pushing ahead, with a trial fast approaching. Rest and Mark McVeigh have a hearing for a dispute on discovery and privilege today before mediation on September ...

Chief economist update: Prime Minister Suga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
Japan has a new prime minister. Yoshihide Suga is his name. Suga will officially be Prime Minister following a parliamentary vote on September 16 after being elected President of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) two days earlier. Prime Minister ...

Chief economist update: Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... Trump called it "the invisible enemy", French head of state Macron declared that France was "at war", India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, compared it to Mahabharata (The Great War), and Chinese supremo, Xi Jinping called it the 'People's ...

Chief economist update: The second oil price discounting wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Don't look now but it appears that it's not just COVID-19 seeing a second wave. Saudi Arabia is also taking a second bite on oil price discounting. Bloomberg reports that, Saudi Arabia's state producer, Saudi Aramco, has cut its key Arab ...

Former QSuper chief joins NZ Super Fund board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... Vilgan said of her appointment. Appointments to the board start as nominations from a committee set up by the NZ finance minister independently of the NZ Super board. The minister then consults with representative of other political parties in the Parliament ...

Chief economist update: Is Dan still the man?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... JobKeeper scheme will reduce payments from A$1500 a fortnight to A$1200 from September 27. This is now in danger with Prime Minister Scott Morrison "looking to see what they'll [Victoria] be doing first [in terms of supporting businesses] before ...

Former energy minister nabs role at investment group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Former ACT deputy chief and energy minister Simon Corbell has been appointed as the chair of an institutional investment advocacy body. Corbell will chair the Clean Energy Investor Group, an advocacy body representing domestic and global institutional ...

SMSF member increase bill reintroduced

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019 but was knocked back by Labor. The bill was reintroduced this week by assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology Jane Hume. The SMSF Association also welcomed the Your ...

Labor says yes, economists say no to SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... to the existing national superannuation pile. Furthermore, there is a second big slug being the indication that [Prime Minister Scott] Morrison and [Federal Treasurer Josh] Frydenberg are going to betray the Australian people, betray working families ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... overshadowed by the almost simultaneous reports of the Fed's change in monetary policy strategy and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resignation (due to ill health). One thing's certain, the general uncertainty wrought by the pandemic ...