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Chief economist update: Is TLTRO III coming?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
Minutes of the European Central Bank's (ECB) 24-25 October Governing Council meeting confirmed that it remains on track to end its net asset purchases - currently at a monthly pace of €15 billion - by the end of December 2018. No probs here. We've ...

BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
The $9 trillion manager's Asia Pacific business has a new head as its incumbent moves to a global role. BlackRock's current head of corporate strategy and senior managing director Geraldine Buckingham is taking on the APAC head and chair role. ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Grattan Institute has called Labor's plan to end refunds of excess franking credits a "fair way" to improve the Federal Budget but it is still "second-best" as there are better solutions. Grattan's budget policy director Danielle Wood and fellow ...

Dexus partners with sovereign wealth fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Dexus has set up a $2 billion wholesale fund that will invest in Australian logistics properties as a joint venture with an Asian sovereign wealth fund. Singapore's GIC is initially taking a stake of about $417 million in the Dexus Australian Logistics ...

Overhaul executive remuneration: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Financial Standard readers have decried how banking and financial services executives are remunerated following insight into how CBA remunerated its executives at the financial services Royal Commission. Eighty-nine percent of respondents in our recent ...

Misconduct matters, but stability key for Frydenberg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said eliminating misconduct was important, but the Government has other considerations to bear when implementing the Royal Commission's final recommendations. Speaking at the Australian Finance Industry Association conference ...

SelectingSuper honours super industry leaders

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
A $37 billion industry superannuation fund reclaimed its position as fund of the year at the annual Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards in Melbourne this morning. Hostplus was crowned fund of the year. It was one of five awards for the industry fund, including ...

CBA board ignored key issues in deciding executive pay

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
The Commonwealth Bank board ignored major scandals besieging the bank when it approved the variable remuneration for its top executives for FY16, the Royal Commission heard. The bank's top executives were paid a fixed pay and variable pay split into ...

New terms for early super access receives mixed reaction

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
Victims of domestic violence will be able to access their superannuation thanks to new measures introduced by the Federal Government. Overall the package has been met with mixed reactions. Victims of domestic and family violence will be able to withdraw ...

Super fund slashes fees, switches administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
A $5.5 billion superannuation fund scrapped several fees, discounted its insurance premiums and changed administrators. EISS Super announced several changes that took effect from 1 October 2018 affecting its superannuation, pension, retirement scheme ...