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Positives from the pandemic for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... those who have committed suicide, but the following events look promising," Johnson said. The AIOFP is positive about Treasury's request for market views on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort because submissions and commentary are acknowledging that ...

Chief economist update: Lock us down Scotty!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... CMBS (statement)." "Also announced three new lending facilities designed to support $300 billion in new funding, with Treasury to cover $30 billion in losses (statement). Reintroduced the Term Asset-Backed Securities Lending Facility (TALF) to support ...

Early release better than SG freeze

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... next two financial years if they have lost a job or 20% of their income, as COVID-19 knocks down economic activity. The Treasury estimates it will cost about $27 billion or 1% of the superannuation system's total assets. To add context, in the five ...

VicSuper investments chief joins Hostplus

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... strategy. Prior to this, he was Mercer Investments' Asia Pacific chief investments officer, Pacific Current Group (formerly Treasury Group) chief investment officer, and Frontier Advisors' head of manager research. At Hostplus, he will work alongside ...

US turns to QE, RBA to follow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... official meeting this week, but the additional measures to address financial market stresses and reduced liquidity in the treasury and securitised markets show that the Fed is determined to avoid a 'credit crunch' which could amplify the severity ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
Friday the 13th isn't so unlucky after all as it turned out to be a rally day on Wall Street. The S&P 500 index surged by 9.3% while the Dow and the Nasdaq pole-vaulted by 9.4% the day after US President Trump's declaration of a national emergency ...

Chief economist update: The corona crash of 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... to 1.25% and announced an additional US$1.5 trillion in new liquidity to help address "highly unusual disruptions" in Treasury market amid coronavirus outbreak, ahead of its scheduled 17-18 March FOMC meeting, where it's expected to cut interest ...

Alternatives to lead the way: J.P. Morgan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... change. "There are two roles alternatives play in a current portfolio; diversification and income," Khazzam said. "10-year Treasury bonds are trading in some cases below 0.5%, and the rest of the world has zero or negative rates. There is going to be ...

Government moves to cut work test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... contributions without meeting the work test. A month-long consultation period is officially underway for the government's Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures for a later sitting) Bill 2020: Improving Flexibility for Older Australians, which will amend ...

ANU to help determine fate of SG increase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... to analyse whether wages will be harmed if the superannuation guarantee is increased to 12%. Robb Preston, manager of Treasury's retirement income policy division, told the Senate Estimates committee that Treasury selected ANU's tax and transfer policy ...