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Trustee behaviour in a COVID-19 world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... trigger an event where a shortfall penalty will apply," Keating said. "The size of that penalty is determined by an assessment of the SMSFs behaviour when they lodged that income tax return." Keating said a failure to disclose the $10,000 as taxable ...

New course helps advisers recognise financial abuse

JULIA NEWBOULD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... then the rest of the world. The course will be delivered online with the learning materials, video case studies and assessment all available via the Standards International portal. At this stage, it is estimated the course and designation will be available ...

Lockdown measures cost $4bn a week: Frydenberg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... to bring forward the review of the first phase of removing baseline restrictions on Friday 8 May 2020, including an assessment of achievement against precedent conditions," Morrison said. The IMF had previously estimated Australia's GDP would fall 6.7% ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... done cutting interest rates. This optimism is consistent with the December 2019 dot plot of FOMC participants' assessment of appropriate monetary policy where 13 of 17 foresee no change in interest rates in 2020 and the other four expecting a rate ...

Westpac flags $2.2bn impairment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... scenario and the likelihood conditions could deteriorate further. An overlay based on a top down, industry-by-industry assessment of additional stress that could emerge down the line is also accounted for. Westpac chief executive Peter King said: "The ...

A case for flexible asset allocation: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... portfolio duration from over four years to three and a half years. "During April we are taking the time to revisit our assessment of the economic climate and correlations in the fundamentally driven parts of the portfolio to ensure our portfolio remains ...

Top asset consultants named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... are delighted to note our top rankings in international manager research, capital markets research, risk advice and assessment, and dynamic/tactical advice," Goss said. "Indeed, we ranked first or second in every sub-category of the survey's RSI measure." ...

Australia versus the world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... Kirkham said it is difficult to get a timely read on the effects of the current set of programmes in order to make an assessment of their success. "What is clear is the multilateral commitment to offer a set of policies to keep the Australian economy ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
Long lines outside Centrelink branches have become defining images of the effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the Australian economy. But what impact will it have on the stigma associated with welfare? When Prime Minister Scott Morrison said 2020 ...

Big banks cop a beating

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... stronger financial profiles - particularly for key financial metrics - than is the case with an operating environment assessment in the 'aa' category," the agency said. "We expect these conditions to affect asset quality and earnings in particular ...