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Don't expect super favouritism: Bowen

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
If Labor wins the upcoming Federal Election, don't expect the new Treasurer to go easy on underperforming funds - industry or otherwise. Speaking at an FSC BT Political Series lunch at Doltone House in Sydney last week, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen ...

Chief economist update: A question of when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
Could it be? Could it be that Dallas Fred President Robert Kaplan has been reading my daily rants? That would be too presumptuous of moi but Factset's report that "Dallas Fed President Kaplan (nonvoter) told the WSJ the recent yield-curve inversion ...

Macquarie axes SMSF residential property loans

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
Macquarie Bank revealed in a note to brokers it has made significant changes to its product offerings. The bank confirmed it is no longer offering SMSF residential home loans, with the change effective from April 30. Macquarie will continue to service ...

Negative gearing reforms not a panacea: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
Financial Standard 's latest spot poll reveals Labor's proposed changes to negative gearing will not curb the housing affordability crisis. About 56% of readers don't believe Labor's proposed reforms will improve housing affordability. ...

Rejuvenated APRA asserts authority

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
APRA issued a stern warning to super funds to expect a more assertive and demanding prudential regulator that will crack down on underperformance and poor cooperation. But it is being held back by the long-awaited passage of a Bill. Deputy chair Helen ...

Banks, ASIC still at war over fees-for-no-service

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
ASIC's fee-for-no-service report card shows the regulator and some financial advice licensees still have fundamentally different views on what constitutes a fee-worthy service. ASIC's fees-for-no-service further review report card has shone light on ...

Amendments to retirement income law assent

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
A bill amending retirement income legislation is now law, with several changes made to the legislative framework surrounding retirement income and social security receiving Royal Assent late last week. The Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment ...

Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
The A$/US$ exchange rate is, according to my Bloomberg screen, currently trading at US$0.7141, up 0.04% from the previous trading day and up 1.3% this year to date. In turn, Bloomberg's US dollar spot index has risen 0.14% overnight and is just ...

Labor responds to Royal Commission final report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
The Labor Party will look to ban the payment of grandfathered commissions by January 2020 if successful at the upcoming Federal election. Responding to the final report, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said the party has already tabled a bill to end the ...

MLC MySuper switches to lifestage

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
MLC is switching its default superannuation product from single strategy to lifestage. It's also increasing its allocation to growth assets. MLC MySuper currently has a 70% allocation to growth assets like stocks, property and infrastructure and ...