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Westpac ditches dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
Westpac has become the first of the big four banks to not deliver a dividend in its first half results as it reported a net profit of $595 million and revealed it anticipates further enforcement action from ASIC. Westpac chief executive Peter King said ...

LNP halts push for SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
The Prime Minister said he is very aware of issues with the legislated increase to the superannuation guarantee, saying things have changed since it was decided upon, while Senator Jane Hume said she is ambivalent on the issue. Speaking at a press conference ...

40% of ERS applicants not eligible: illion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
New research released by illion found that 38% Early Release of Super (ERS) applicants saw no drop in their income during the COVID-19 crisis, as withdrawals surpass $31 billion. The research found that the scheme has continues to drive a huge spending ...

SG increase will impact wage growth: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... but it will show the biggest economic contraction in many decades, likely to be around 7%," he said. "If there is any good news to be found here, it is that this decline is not as large as initially feared. Similarly, while the labour market outcomes ...

ERS will impact those who didn't access super: REST

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
The effects of the government's Early Release of Superannuation scheme could result in a 25 basis point loss for those who didn't take advantage of the scheme, according to REST chief executive Vicki Doyle. Speaking at the FINSIA Future of Super webinar ...

Mixed results at Bjelke-Peterson estate sale

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
A Lloyds auction of the estate of controversial former Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Peterson produced mixed results. One of the big ticket items was a piece of paraphernalia from 1969, when the astronauts who landed on the moon toured the world attending ...

Chief economist update: The wages of COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
"After a steady period of wage growth over the previous 12 months, wages recorded the lowest annual growth in the 22-year history of the WPI, ABS head of price statistics Andrew Tomadini said. "The June 2020 quarter was the first full period in which ...

ASFA sets out productivity plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has released a six-step plan aiming to drive industry-wide productivity gains in superannuation. ASFA said it hopes to boost productivity gains as the impact of COVID-19 continues to disrupt ...

Finance employees remain fearful

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
While finance employees rank among those most confident in Australia's workforce, they are also the most likely to have numerous concerns on the risks of returning to the office. According to LinkedIn's Workforce Confidence Index, the financial services ...

Emerging market debt rebounds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
Emerging-market (EM) debt rebounded strongly in the second quarter across hard currency sovereign and corporate credit as well as local-currency debt, according to Eaton Vance. Eaton Vance institutional portfolio manager director and alternative and ...