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Industry fund underpaid SG to staff

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... said it has paid annual leave loading SG since November 2018 and updated its payroll to avoid future occurrences. Last Wednesday, it sent the $76,921 (plus $46,821 in interest) to the ATO. The roughly $123,743 total bill was funded out of its staff salary ...

Chief economist update: Ardern's ardour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect the RBNZ to hold its quantitative easing limit at NZ$60 billion ($40 billion) on Wednesday; three say the program will be increased," according to Bloomberg. Those expecting mo' money from the RBNZ fear that ...

Government introduces pandemic payment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... after Victoria was placed in a stage four lockdown that will see thousands of non-essential workers without work from Wednesday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government needed to respond to this on the basis that they provide support in a disaster. ...

Chief economist update: UK plans for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... discount scheme will provide a 50% reduction for sit-down meals in cafes, restaurants and pubs across the UK from Monday to Wednesday every week throughout August 2020." "The rate of VAT applied on most tourism and hospitality-related activities will ...

Westpac sells legacy stake in Pendal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... manages for it. The block trade, which was handled by UBS last evening, was priced at $5.98 per share (a 4% discount to Wednesday's closing price of $6.23) for about 30.8 million shares totaling about $184 million. Westpac started to sell down its stake ...

Chief economist update: The second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... Carolina, Nevada, Arizona, North Carolina, Oregon, Florida and Utah all set new highs in seven-day rolling case averages Wednesday. In addition, Montana, Arkansas, Utah, Arizona and Texas have all seen coronavirus hospitalisations rise by at least 35% ...

Receivers appointed to Mayfair 101 entity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... said. "Furthermore, no response was received to an email sent to Vasco's managing director, Mr Craig Dunstan, on Wednesday 20 May 2020 advising that the group was working on initiatives with its various advisers regarding restructuring to improve ...

Chief economist update: Powell blamed for fall on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... Street overnight. The Wall Street Journal published: "The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 500 points Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said further stimulus could be needed to support the economy's recovery from ...

How Cbus is servicing early release requests

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... $56 billion fund is seeing a slowdown in early access requests, as members also start to reverse out of cash. As of Wednesday, Cbus had received 45,700 applications from its members to access their superannuation early as permitted by government's ...

Life insurers prepare for grilling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... making the crucial improvements needed to restore trust in the sector. The hearings will be spread across Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, with the life insurance sector slated for its time before the committee on Tuesday. The hearings will kick off ...