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Chief economist update: Japan's sun shines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... its growth momentum as shown in the June quarter national accounts. This could be the reason why unlike China, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is taking a different posture against Trump. According to Bloomberg: "In his first policy speech since President ...

Super industry welcomes Age Pension backflip

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... between now and 2050, from around 40% to 20%. The Government announced the policy change on Wednesday, with newly appointed Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher confirming Prime Minister Scott Morrison's announcement of the policy ...

Gonski asks philanthropists to have more heart

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... see if I could do some good." Gonski is arguably most known for his education funding review. In 2010, then Education Minister Julia Gillard called Gonski to review the funding of Australian education. "My initial thought was that this is ridiculous. ...

No time for complacency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
Not-for-profit funds have been vindicated by the Royal Commission's "damning" preliminary findings into the retail super sector but can't afford to be complacent, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. Kicking off ...

Federal oversight of financial services sector clarified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... sector, last month's Liberal Party leadership spill saw the dedicated financial services portfolio dropped by new Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has now confirmed that responsibility for the sector will be split between ...

AustralianSuper secures WestConnex stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... members' retirement savings. Construction of WestConnex began in March 2015, and NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet and Minister for WestConnex Stuart Ayres said: "We're months from opening brand new 6.5 kilometre tunnels between Homebush and Haberfield ...

Morrison drops financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... In an obvious omission, the dedicated financial services portfolio has been scrapped by Australia's latest Prime Minister, Scott Morrison. Announcing a new-look ministry following the Liberal Party's leadership spill last week, the standalone ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... that financial markets hate uncertainty. The week of 20-24 August began with a challenge to sitting Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's leadership of the Liberal Party and ended with the sitting Treasurer Scott Morrison emerging as the country's ...

Scott Morrison becomes Prime Minister, markets react

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Scott Morrison will be Australia's next Prime Minister, after he beat Peter Dutton 45-40 in a Liberal Party leadership ballot. The ASX 200 jumped on the news, after trending downwards since Monday. It hit its highest at 1.05pm, when it was up 0.33% ...

Government introduces financial literacy strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... with financial literacy and help them take control of their finances. ASIC, together with Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer, unveiled the National Financial Capability Strategy at an event in Canberra yesterday. The website provides ...