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Adviser fears over ASIC relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... super funds willing to absorb the difference, concerns about the quality of advice provided by super funds has become a central issue. Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran believes it is "pretty clear" there is a disconnect between the ...

Chief economist update: No cheers as RBA hits inflation target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... expectations for a 2.0% print, the fastest pace since the September but more importantly, it's back inside the Australian central bank's target of 2%-3%. Sure, the RBA targets underlying inflation - the trimmed mean (1.8% in the March quarter ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
Central bank action including buying corporate bonds combined with cheapened valuation has led BlackRock Investment Institute to upgrade credit to a modest overweight. BlackRock's latest six to 12 month tactical views on major global asset classes (in ...

Chief economist update: BOJ expands Enhancement of Monetary Easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... COVID-19 subsiding and on the magnitude of the impact on domestic and overseas economies". This is also because the Japanese central bank's latest forecasts are "based mainly on the assumption that, while the impact of the spread of COVID-19 remains ...

Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... has stabilised, reflecting the partial easing of trade tensions and the significant loosening of monetary policy by many central banks over the past year," he said. "Global business confidence and other manufacturing indicators have generally picked ...

Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... governor Philip Lowe is equally downtrodden. In his recent outing (April 21), governor Lowe proclaimed the Australian central bank's take on the coronavirus' impact on the domestic economy: "National output is likely to fall by around 10% over ...

Credit value exists in emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... investment manager said it expects to see external sovereign bond issuance increase in EM during 2020. "We've already seen EM central banks move to reduce benchmark interest rates and boost liquidity, and most EM countries are planning large relief programs ...

Australia versus the world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... which there is little precedent." The distribution of possible outcomes, Miller said, is immensely large even around a central case that is probably the worst the world has confronted since the Great Depression. "I note the Treasurer asserts that the ...

Pension pots around the world during COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... Chile -- which has the tenth best pension system in the world, according to Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index -- the central bank has allowed four of its five public pension funds to increase their investments in riskier assets. Meanwhile, in the ...

QSuper board takes AFCA decision to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... disclosure obligations. QSuper is further analysing the other aspects of the decision." According to court documents: "The central issue in this appeal initially appeared to be whether AFCA's decision was invalid because the powers purportedly exercised ...