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WTW calls for more investment in China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... between Australia and China which has led to several trade disputes and ongoing vitriol between leaders. The two research papers from WTW said Chinese assets should build up to 20% of global investor growth portfolios over the next decade, compared to ...

Chief economist update: It's looking up for the land down under

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... biggest commodity export - iron ore - one that's bound to reduce the budget deficit the Treasury forecast in the Budget Papers 2020/2021 and/or provide the Morrison administration more firepower just in case. The budget papers released last month ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... (MYEFO) handed down in October, it maintained its assumption for iron ore prices to drop to US$55 per tonne. The Budget Papers also printed this sensitivity analysis: "If the iron ore price was to fall immediately to US$55 per tonne FOB, rather than ...

Westpac settles two class actions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... to fix the prices of BBSW-based derivatives. The settlement is subject to negotiation, execution of complete settlement papers and court approval, the bank said, adding that the terms of the settlement agreement are confidential. In 2018, the Australian ...

ASIC chair steps aside pending pay review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... action should have been taken sooner to rectify the issue. Shipton was paid $855,364 in total remuneration, according to papers tabled in the Senate. The maximum cap on the total annual remuneration for the ASIC chair was set at $775,910, according to ...

Chief economist update: Splish splash, budget cash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... thereafter - to minus 5.6% of GDP in 2021/22, minus 4.2% on 2022/23 and minus 3.0% the following year. As the Budget 2020-21 papers reveal, the government would need less deficit spending - tax cuts, business incentives, welfare expenditure - in the ...

Super industry cautious on more reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... executive Martin Fahy. "In the absence of the release of the Retirement Income Review and the lack of specificity in the Budget papers, it is unclear how the changes will work in practice or what the implications will be for competition, efficiency and ...

Financial advice firms facing failure: Dynamic Asset Consulting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... he said. "There are many areas of the market that are sensible places to allocate capital, yet which aren't making the papers and that advisers aren't necessary being made aware of." DAC managing director Matthew Walker said it has become increasingly ...

APRA expands super data collection

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... APRA's data collection, particularly for choice products and investment options. The consultation package contains topic papers, draft reporting standards and data collection templates covering fees and costs, insurance arrangements, expense reporting ...

Chief economist update: The wages of COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... year ago. Pessimistic consumers expecting job losses isn't a recipe for increased spending (unless hoarding toilet papers and other doomsday essentials). Whatever is left from their panic purchases, they will save... just in case, slowing wages growth ...