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Premiums to increase at ESSSuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
The $31 billion government fund has informed members that their life insurance premiums will be increasing. ESSSuper, the government fund for the emergency services based in Melbourne, informed members in its accumulation plan that the cost of death ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
In the words of Frank Sinatra, Australia's now "A-number one, top of the list, head of the heap, king of the hill..." Ol' blue eyes was, of course, singing about the Big Apple (New York) but comparing apples with apples, Australia's on top. ...

Chief economist update: RBA cash rate on ice until 2024

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
Except to reinforce its message that interest rates will remain at record lows "until 2024 at the earliest", the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) June board meeting was largely a ho-hum affair. As expected, the RBA left monetary policy settings ...

Vanguard appoints fund administrator

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
Vanguard has appointed a fund administrator for its wholesale funds in Australia which hold an estimated $98.5 billion in assets. Vanguard has taken the function from in-house to external provider. Link Group was appointed to provide fund administration ...

Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... highest since 1992 - from the final reading of 60.9 in the previous month. The flash UK services PMI went up from 61.0 in April (final reading) to 61.8 in May - a 91-month high (October 2013). These justify the Bank of England's (BOE) decision at ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's victory against the virus voided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... withdrawal of the government's JobKeeper scheme. The country's unemployment rate fell from 5.7% in March to 5.5% in April - just 0.2 percentage points (or 33,000 people) above the start of the pandemic and 2.0 percentage points below the 7.5% ...

Chief economist update: RBNZ will run out of patience next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 0.25%, maintained the existing LSAP programme, and retained the existing Funding for Lending Programme (FLP) conditions at its 26 May Board meeting. Same old, same old. ...

ASX deputy chief executive resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
The ASX's deputy chief executive Peter Hiom has resigned after 11 years in the role and 23 years with the company. Hiom was also the group executive of business development.His last day with the ASX will be July 1. He is leaving to join fintech ...

Future Fund adds super fund chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
The chair of the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation has joined the Future Fund's Board of Guardians. Patricia Cross has been appointed to a five-year term, during which time she will draw on her extensive experience in asset and investment management. ...

Chief economist update: China and Australia's interdependence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that the country's merchandise goods trade surplus expanded to A$10.1 billion in April - the third highest on record. Sure, April's trade surplus was mainly driven by a 7% slump in imports but despite ...