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Industry fund promotes for GM role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... not industry, including market volatility during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic and the early release of super scheme," he said.

APRA commends super funds on tough year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... companies being rocked by bushfires at the start of the year, and the super industry reacting to the government's early release scheme. APRA chair Wayne Byres said impact on households and businesses across the country was profound and dramatic. "APRA-regulated ...

Wage subsidy needed for new entrants: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... involved in bringing on a new entrant whose contribution to the business will be limited. Like the government's JobMaker scheme, the AFA said a subsidy "would make a material difference in encouraging financial advice practices to appoint professional ...

Australians Googling for advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... readers alike as Australians engaged with and talked about the impacts and risks of the federal government's early access scheme," Gray said. "Seven of the ten most engaged with articles covered superannuation and nine of the 20 most engaged with stories ...

Chief economist update: RBA extends QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... employment. Likewise, with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ruled out the possibility of extending the government's JobKeeper scheme beyond the end of March this year, the onus of Australia's complete resurrection falls back onto the RBA's shoulders. ...

ASIC winds up Mayfair 101 debenture issuer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... lesser extent, from investors in unsecured debentures also promoted by Mayfair 101 - in a model not dissimilar to a Ponzi scheme. However, Mawhinney has aggressively defended the company against the Ponzi scheme allegations. "The Ponzi claims made against ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... given ultra-low interest rates sound less enticing than the return of capital even at zero interest rates. In the general scheme of macro things, nothing has changed. The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us. Sure, there's the UK and South ...

Malicious attacks most common in finance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... themselves from harm. Any unnecessary delay in providing this information undermines the purpose of the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme."

ASIC detects imposter bond scam

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... further tactics include claiming the price of the bonds is protected under the Commonwealth Government Financial Claims Scheme and using contact details obtained online to contact people pressuring them to invest. ASIC acting chair Karen Chester urged ...

Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
Australia's consumer prices continue to recover from the 1.9% drop in the June 2020 quarter - the largest quarterly fall in the 72 year history of the CPI. However, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's headline inflation ...