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Chief economist update: A wonderful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... could also limit the amount and duration of government support measures that would have positive impact on the government budget and the national debt.

Treasury expected to release retirement review

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... It was handed down to the Treasury on July 24 and hasn't been released since, including during the October 4 federal budget which the government used to announce radical performance benchmarking for superannuation funds. The Treasury is now gearing ...

Super fund reappoints insurer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... forward to continuing to deliver great outcomes for our members with TAL," she said. Walker said the stapling proposal in the Budget, whereby members stay in the first fund they join, highlights the importance of maintaining default insurance to benefit ...

NSW budget boosts TCorp loans

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... measures taken for COVID-19 response, recovery and reform, TCorp said. NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet presented the state budget on November 17, pledging $107 billion over the next four years to build the state's infrastructure. Over a five-year period ...

RC recommendations closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... of a MySuper product into a choice product offered by the same fund. The complementary reforms announced in the Federal Budget to end the creation of duplicate accounts make it even more important that people end up in a single quality fund and are not ...

Chief economist update: Letter V going viral in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... expansion - the first since August 2018 (long before the pandemic). These surveys were conducted just after the Australian Budget 2020-21 reveal in early October when the Federal Treasury announced additional spending amounting to "$98 billion in response ...

AustralianSuper dodges advertising scrutiny

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... Wilson this morning, staying mum about how the super fund with 2.3 million members spent its advertising and marketing budget in the last financial year. Silk said that he does not know what proportion of members came from employers defaulting workers ...

RBA measures not solely due to COVID: Treasury

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... result of the COVID-19 shock, Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy said. Speaking to Australian Business Economists for a post-budget briefing, Kennedy said the neutral or natural interest has been steadily falling globally over the past 40 years. "Lower ...

IOOF unfazed by poor MLC result

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... economic activity has been materially impacted, the significant stimulus for households and businesses provided in the federal budget, combined with an expected more complete reopening of domestic state borders, provide a bridge to economic recovery ...

Chief economist update: RBA does the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... yields dropped to 0.77% from 0.82%. This would lower the national and state government's cost of borrowing to fill budget deficits that have grown in efforts to mitigate the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic and support the domestic economy. ...