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FASEA extension en route

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... to the Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No. 3) bill is no longer required. Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones questioned the government's decision to remove the exemption a week after Labor's ...

Financial stress increases despite relaxed conditions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Australians are more financially stressed than they were before the Prime Minister announced plans to restart the nation's economy, according to latest research. The latest wave of the Melbourne Institute's Taking the pulse of the nation survey shows ...

Former CBA executive nabs industry body lead role

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... federal director of the National Party of Australia, as well as six years spent as the media adviser to former deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss. Insurance Council president and chair Gary Dransfield said Hall would bring a wealth of corporate affairs ...

APRA releases latest ERS data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... data, 72% of all payments have been made from not-for-profit funds, while the remaining 28% from retail funds. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told parliament on Friday last week the most recent ERS figures were significantly higher than APRA's data ...

FASEA blame game on in earnest

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... Before long, both the government and the opposition were blaming each other for the prolonged uncertainty, with Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology Senator Jane Hume admonishing Labor's decision to attach ...

Mudslinging over FASEA extension continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... untruths over the path of the FASEA extension bill through the Senate. Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Assistant Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones told Financial Standard that financial advisers should be disappointed with the government ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... back its recent vindictive action against Australia. For that's what it is - retaliation against Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's call for an independent investigation into the origins of the virus. China's ambassador to Australia ...

FASEA extension to pass next week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
In a webinar for the Financial Planning Association of Australia members, assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology Jane Hume delivered some welcome news about the extension to FASEA requirements. Hume confirmed ...

Lockdown measures cost $4bn a week: Frydenberg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... Australian government confirmed on May 1 it will begin to discuss easing restrictions to get the economy moving again. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said initial actions and measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic have been largely successful ...

Chief economist update: BOJ expands Enhancement of Monetary Easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... and J-REITS; and maintain its "Quantitative and Qualitative Easing (QQE) with Yield Curve Control". This follows Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's announcement in early April "to carry out an unprecedentedly massive scale of economic package worth ¥108 ...