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Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... recovery plan". As per Factset: "The European Commission announced its proposal for a €750B recovery plan and a 2021-27 budget of €1.1T to bring the total firepower of €1.85T. It will finance the recovery by borrowing on the financial markets... ...

Chief economist update: Japan reopens for business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... reclaiming a complete normal while suppressing infections will take some time." Given this, Abe announced a supplementary budget relief package worth more than ¥100 trillion (US$929 billion) in addition to April's ¥117 fiscal stimulus - which together ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
A new report ranking US public pension funds by their ability to pay future benefits suggests several will likely go insolvent as a result of COVID-19. The issues facing public pension funds in the US are widely known, and while it's not clear how ...

How advice can conquer stigma

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
Hostplus' head of advice and financial planning believes providing modules of the comprehensive financial advice model might help to reduce stigmas which stop people from getting help with their finances. Appearing as part of an online panel discussing ...

Merging super funds guaranteed tax relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... continue," Loane said. "This relief has been extended several times, and we are pleased to see the government delivering on its Budget announcement to make this a permanent policy." Association of Super Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy ...

ISA questioned over political donations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... into the issue. Financial Standard understands the $1600 donation in question was actually a ticket to attend Labor's budget reply dinner and ISA spent the same amount attending the coalition's budget dinner that year. Tickets to such events ...

Australia facing largest ever GDP fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... significant increase in government debt, the stimulus measures were designed to protect the "structural integrity" of the budget. "Australians know there is no money tree. What we borrow today, we must repay in the future," he said. "Temporary and targeted ...

BNY Mellon IM boutique heads for ASX mFunds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... platforms. "The key step we took when designing this strategy for clients 15 years ago was replacing benchmarks with a risk budget. This was a transformational step which has allowed us to deliver what we see as consistent performance at materially lower ...

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... Norway, Singapore, Sweden, and Switzerland. Good call! Latest available information on each country's debt-to-GDP and/or budget-to-GDP ratios shows that they are among the lowest in the globe. Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany ...

Vale Ted Evans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... an indelible mark on Australia. As Treasury Secretary, Ted advised the Keating and Howard governments on balancing the budget, major tax reforms, including introduction of the GST, and establishment of the key economic frameworks that continue to serve ...