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RBA issues warning over inflationary spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
... best ensure that inflation returns to target in a reasonable timeframe remains uncertain and the board is not ruling anything in or out," it said. "The board will rely upon the data and the evolving assessment of risks. In doing so, it will continue ...

'Little prospect' for RBA hike despite stubborn inflation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... GSFM investment strategist Stephen Miller said there was "little prospect" of a change in messaging from the "not ruling anything out" mantra the board has stuck to in recent months. "In the wake of the data flow since the board last met, that seems ...

What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... bill relief, cheaper medicines and help with rent and student debt," he said. Chalmers said if the government could have anything it would be "more normal levels of inflation" first and foremost. He added that the thing keeping him up at night is trying ...

Advisers shoulder massive wealth transfer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... involving the next generation in their parents' plan. "If the kids might be in the arts and don't like to think about anything financial, then the priority is how do we help get them involved in increasing their financial acumen? Parents are ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... towards processes that had begun and commitments as to future investments decisions, because that is not what LGSS said, or anything like it," O'Callaghan said. "Consumers were told that Russia was 'out', and that 'until recently' ...

Broken promises leave survivors in the lurch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... for Survivors co-founder Andrew Carpenter, a long-time victims advocate, said the proposed changes won't achieve anything. "The consultation paper only refers to additional contributions despite previous discussions being that the entirety of the ...

'Just do what you say you'll do': ASIC's message to trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... said there was no evidence found to suggest that the size of funds influenced their level of oversight. "If we had found anything, we would have called it out because we like to promote better practice. What we did identify was the intersection with ...

Chalmers expected to deliver Budget surplus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... each of our first two budgets, we benefited from more than $100 billion in revenue upgrades. This year, we won't see anything like that," Chalmers said. "In fact, we are even looking at much less than the $69 billion we booked in the latest mid-year ...

Economists react to latest RBA rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... which is "far too high" to be consistent with the RBA's 2-3% inflation target, he added. The RBA hasn't ruled anything in or out, and its tightening bias has not been removed. The board "can't rule out either [rate hikes or cuts]." As such ...

Super funds convene with assistant treasurer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... requirements to perform thorough verifications prior to disbursing payments. "... we're acutely aware that, in these cases, anything less than a quick and easy process could lead to further distress for members at an already deeply traumatic time," ...