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BT un-aligns group insurance, awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... superannuation members. The new financial year also saw BT update super members on fees and costs. The Regulatory Change Expense Recovery fee reduced for BT Lifestage members from 0.05% to 0.01% and for all other investment options from 0.10% to 0.05%. ...

Balanced options in the red, but only just

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... market volatility. Rainmaker Information executive director of research Alex Dunnin argues they have made a remarkable recovery, with Australia's superannuation system recuperating much of their losses in lighting speed. "Rainmaker estimates its ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... back in the freezer - that's 25% of Australia's total national output vapourised, delaying the country's recovery from recession. But something good is coming Australia's way. It's still unsure how Canberra's souring diplomatic ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's secret

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... upward pressure on unemployment, downward pressure on consumer spending, and overall domestic growth. China's nascent recovery would help. Getting rid of the clown currently occupying the White House would help much more.

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... 38.6% from this year's low; the DJIA by 38.8%; the Nasdaq by 46.6%; and, the Russell 2000 by 45.4%. Wall Street's recovery was facilitated by massive monetary and fiscal spending. The US Congress passed a US$2 trillion emergency stimulus package ...

COVID-19 stimulus continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... began, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg clarified the stimulus measures the government will use to assist Australians in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tax relief for low and middle income earners came into effect from 1 July 2020, the offset should ...

Super reform should happen, but not now: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... to enact certain policy reforms that were on the table pre-COVID-19, it would only serve to harm Australia's economic recovery. "However much we might like to reform superannuation, capital gains taxes and stamp duties, or make hospitals more efficient ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... 25 bps in 2020. The Morrison government's increased fiscal spending - intended to provide relief and help in the recovery of the communities and businesses devastated by the bushfires that burned Australia in late December 2019/early January 2020 ...

Challenges abound as super poises for COVID-19 recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... greater certainty around superannuation policy, noting various challenges face the industry in the period of economic recovery ahead. In particular, industry fund chief executives pushed for the now legislated increase to the super guarantee (SG) to ...

Industry super pours $19.5bn into Australian recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... members, the super system needs a strong economy, just as much as the economy needs a strong super system to support its recovery, the ISA said. "Government will need to mobilise private investment to create jobs and stimulate the economy - the super ...