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Tax, welfare reform on election agenda

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... of the bottom 20% of income earners while only making a minimal change to the earnings of the top 20%," ANU associate professor Ben Phillips said. "Under our proposed changes the highest income earners would still retire with very healthy superannuation ...

Excise tax, super top budget worries

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... voters is likely to be the increased cost of living, especially with petrol prices soaring to well over $2 a litre. Professor of economics at UNSW Business School Richard Holden says there will be immense pressure on Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to announce ...

Can Russia use crypto to get around sanctions?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... countries that sent the largest share of crypto transfers abroad, after Turkey and Ukraine. Elvira Sojli, associate professor of finance in the School of Banking and Finance at UNSW Business School, explained that crypto can be used to get around sanctions. ...

Rainy day funds probed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... day funds" to pay for possible fines and sanctions. At the beginning of the hearing, Falinski asked University of NSW professor Scott Donald whether creating an indemnity insurance market for penalties risks creating moral hazard for super fund executives ...

Hostplus hits members with new fee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... Economics Committee heard that profit-to-member funds are likely to use a range of methods to raise the required reserves. Professor Scott Donald from the University of NSW appeared before the committee and explained that while retail super funds have ...

Economics Committee to examine rainy day funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... not put member's funds at risk or increase their fees," he said. The committee will also hear from UNSW associate professor Scott Donald, who specialises in governance within the superannuation sector. "While the regulators will be an important focus ...

The dark side of super switching: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... making switch decisions to determine who is more or less likely to make 'good' and 'bad' decisions," Griffith University professor of finance Mark Brimble said. "What we found was the ease with which members are able to switch through online channels ...

Pella Funds Management adds to advisory board

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... her," Glass said. Alliston's appointment brings Pella's advisory board to three accomplished professionals and includes Professor Greg Kaplan and Dr Ian Woods. Kaplan is a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, co-director of the e61 Institute ...

Fintech professor nabs unique award

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
An academic paper on fintech from an Australian professor has become one of the most widely read papers in the world. Scientia Professor Ross Buckley from University of New South Wales Law & Justice has claimed the title of most-read legal author in ...

Climate science skills needed in financial services

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
... expectations for management of such risks and improving the quality of disclosures. University of Sydney Business School professor Christopher Wright agreed and said it is up to businesses to take action with new skills and frameworks. "As the world ...