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Super funds need to act like banks: PM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... Morrison said industry super funds should be doing what they can to support businesses to ensure their members can retain jobs. "The super funds in this country have $3 trillion worth of assets, and here we have a company that needs capital and its workers ...

Chief economist update: Surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie 0.1 percentage point to 5.2% from 5.1% in February. It's a beaut! Even prettier when compared with the 701,000 jobs lost in America over the same month that sent its unemployment rate 0.9 percentage point higher to 4.4% in ...

Liquid and ready: Cbus

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... department of planning, transport and infrastructure. Atkin said the new development would support up to 2000 construction jobs as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. "This landmark project comes at such an important time for the construction ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... the extra $550, they also won't have to attend JobSeeker meetings or prove that they've applied for the required number of jobs. Additionally, the government has lowered the asset and means testing threshold for people accessing JobSeeker including allowing ...

GAM cuts jobs, reviews pay

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
GAM Investments has announced it is accelerating its efficiency program, confirming it has completed a round of voluntary redundancies while another is ongoing. It is also reviewing remuneration arrangements across the group. Earlier this year GAM announced ...

Superannuation fund cuts pay in C-suite

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... stakeholders across Queensland. "We are operating our fund in an unprecedented environment where more than a million Australian jobs are under threat," Smith said. "Our core membership comes from the local government sector, and we recognise that this ...

ISA warns Aussies off locking in losses

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... In This Together. Turning to camera, the woman assures Australians that industry super funds invest "in things that create jobs and keep Aussie businesses strong". Specifically, industry funds invest more than $45 billion in Australian property and infrastructure. ...

Trillion dollar stimulus debt debated

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
The extraordinary COVID-19 stimulus package is in front of Parliament today, with what is expected to be a trillion dollar debt being scrutinised by politicians. Parliament met today to discuss the government's $130 billion JobKeeper payment, which ...

Stimulus is finite: Prime Minister

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
The Australian government has made public the modelling that is informing its COVID-19 response, revealing why the JobKeeper payment works off a six month timeframe. Asked at a press conference how the modelling was helping with the economic response ...

Super fund temporarily cuts fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... of uncertainty right now, particularly when it comes to superannuation. Pair this with an abundance of people losing their jobs, and it's clear that every extra dollar counts," Venkatesan said. "We're not simply deferring fees for six months ...