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Super funds to face parliamentary grilling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... Some of the country's biggest super funds are set to face parliamentary scrutiny tomorrow as part of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics ongoing review. Hostplus, AMP and Cbus are three of the big names set to front the committee ...

Banks to assess loan deferrals

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... information and the time to make the right decision to suit their needs," Bligh said. Speaking before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn said the bank had received around one million ...

Banks to be questioned on COVID-19 response

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
The big four banks are set to face the House of Representatives Economics Committee to discuss their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Committee chair Tim Wilson said the hearings are part of the parliament's role in publicly scrutinising and holding ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... year. Eighteen months on -- the time back in August 2014 when then RBA governor Glenn Stevens told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that he has done enough: "You can't make people be confident, I certainly can't. I've ...

Chief economist update: Gone fishing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe didn't exactly quote this proverb when he testified before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on August 14, he offered a different prescription. "Give man a fish" - JobKeeper, JobSeeker ...

LNP halts push for SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... more of their wages for super. The statement comes after the Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that an increase to SG will impact wage growth. Additionally, Morrison commented on the suggestion ...

SG increase will impact wage growth: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... will impact wage growth and the government will need to weigh up the impacts of that. Speaking at the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics Lowe said the SG increase will be offset by lower wage growth. "It will certainly have a negative ...

APRA spells out unlisted asset valuation standards

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... (ERS) has led to industry concerns about the appropriate valuations of unlisted assets. Speaking at the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics public hearing reviewing the 2019 APRA Annual Report, chair of the Committee Tim Wilson questioned ...

Alex Wade leaves AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... Public Prosecutions on a number of matters, ASIC deputy chair Daniel Crennan stated yesterday during a House of Representatives public hearing.

ASIC slammed over SMSF data

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics scrutinised ASIC over its SMSF fact sheet in a public hearing reviewing the 2019 ASIC Annual Report. ASIC's SMSF Fact Sheet published last year outlined that the average cost of running ...