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Chief economist update: Lower iron ore a boon to the Aussie budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... prices go directly impacts the domestic economy and the budget. In the Budget Papers 2019-20, the Australian Federal Treasury assumed iron ore prices to fall to US$55/tonne this year and the next and at the same time provided a sensitivity analysis that ...

RMBS scrutiny could be loosened in US

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... RMBS offerings to exist in a compliant manner. Public input from investors has been requested. A recent US Department of Treasury housing reform plan recommended that the SEC review RMBS asset disclosure requirements. In Australia, RMBS issuance is a ...

ASFA strikes back at super detractors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... opening morning of the 2019 ASFA Conference in Melbourne today. Fahy took to the stage to call on the government and Treasury to release the Model of Australian Retirement Incomes and Asset - otherwise known as MARIA - into the public domain, and demanded ...

ASIC calls out accountants

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... financial advice" than financial advisers. In its submission to the Review of the Tax Practitioners Board released by Treasury, the regulator said it does not believe accountants should be exempt from the Australian Financial Services license regime ...

Super investment menus not what they seem: Rice Warner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... Rice Warner questions whether superannuation investment menus are really appropriately designed for members. Since the Treasury Laws Amendment (Design and Distribution Obligations and Product Intervention Powers) Bill 2018 passed in April 2019 new requirements ...

Chief economist update: Fed pause could be a short one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... period. Not only that, inflation expectations - as measured by the yield differential between 10-year Treasuries and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) - have fallen to 1.54% at the end of October from this year's high of 1.97% (April). ...

Cbus veteran moves to APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... fund. She previously was in the role of public policy advisor. Barrett has held roles at ESSSuper, the Department of Treasury and Finance Victoria and APRA previously.

Grandfathered commissions ban passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... the reforms, the benefit of any conflicted remuneration payable under a contract must be passed on to the client. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Ending Grandfathered Conflicted Remuneration) Bill 2019 was first introduced to parliament at the start of ...

MLC Life strengthens group insurance team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... that of Andrea Forbes to the role of executive lead - relationship management, group insurance. Forbes joined from NSW Treasury and is also a former Sunsuper executive.

Code monitoring move disappoints industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... undertaken towards implementing code monitoring by the end of this year," the joint statement from Frydenberg and Hume said. "Treasury will immediately begin engaging with these associations, consumer representatives and other stakeholders to consult ...