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Chief economist update: Lowe taking interest rates lower

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... September and the unemployment rate to climb to 7.1% -- heading to the 7.25% forecasts in the 2020-21 Budget. Not good enough and not if the RBA could help it. Speaking at Citi's 12th Annual Australia and New Zealand Investment Conference, RBA Governor ...

A new model is coming: Licensees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... he said, and that statistic hasn't changed much in the last 25 years. "Are we going to face a time where we don't have enough good people coming into the industry?" Inwood asked. "I do fear that," Dummett said. Whereat said he thinks the industry will ...

Proposed changes ahead for APRA's heatmaps

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... meant that too many members still remain in funds where fees are too high and returns are too low - and that is not good enough by anyone's standards," she said. Rowell noted that board governance in superannuation funds remains somewhat of a problem ...

Effects of ERS not so bad: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... that a lot of people are coming out of this with a lower balance," she said. "I don't think it was enforced strongly enough. It should have only been available to people who were in genuine financial hardship. It doesn't seem the government has ...

Budget commitment to aged care not good enough

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... $1.6 billion to provide support to the country's ageing Australians, but experts say the measures don't go far enough. The Treasurer announced the record funding would go towards an additional 23,000 at-home care packages, with further investment ...

Opposition in opposition: Labor responds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... Coalition will mean a deeper and longer recession. "This budget will rack up a trillion dollars of debt but still doesn't do enough to create jobs, fails to build for the future and leaves too many Australians behind," Chalmers said. "That's one trillion ...

Pandemic proves value of advice: FPA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... 'do-it-themselves' with help from family, friends and the internet while 20% are holding back because they believe they don't have enough wealth to engage one. The research showed 70% of respondents believe they could have done better or taken a different ...

Calls for aged care overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... "a shameful mess" that lacks funding and is poorly regulated. "Merely adding further Band-Aids to a broken system is not enough. Australia needs to start again with a new Act that puts the rights of older Australians at the heart," he said. Duckett set ...

Alex Waislitz urges OVH shareholders to vote no

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... upped it June 1 offer of 40 cents to acquire OneVue to 43 cents. But the three cent per share increase is still not good enough for Waislitz, who has previously expressed dissatisfaction with the original offer. He will be still voting no at the October ...

Responsible lending laws to be revoked

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... economy. Financial Rights Legal Centre chief executive Karen Cox said that Australians have too much debt right now and not enough income. "The government's solution is to take on more debt with fewer protections. Unsustainable debt hurts real people ...