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Members stick with dud super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... underperforming funds, most Australians don't know the effects of the YFYS reforms and are generally detached from their super. "This policy (stapling) was designed to get members to switch, but the inaction combined with the stapling reform will mean ...

Fed seeks feedback on rules to resolve large bank failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
The Federal Reserve has invited public comment on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to enhance regulators' ability to resolve large bank failures. The Fed said recent merger activity and growth has increased the size of large US banking organisations ...

Government to boost paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
... will support dads who want to take time off work to be more involved in those early months," Albanese said. "It's a modern policy, for modern families. It delivers more choice; it offers greater security - and it rewards aspiration." He added that the ...

Piecemeal super taxes won't fix budget deficit: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... budget. The measures were chosen by the FSC from various proposals mooted in the media, financial services industry, and policy circles. The initial focus of the research was on three areas of super taxation and contribution settings that might be considered ...

CPI rises despite Fed rate hikes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... bearing in mind "unacceptably" high levels of inflation, participants remarked that purposefully moving to a restrictive policy stance in the near term was consistent with risk-management considerations. More broadly, the International Monetary Fund ...

Australian retirement system given B+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... 70.2 for adequacy, 77.2 for sustainability, and 86.8 for integrity. "Our system has again ranked very strongly and the policy reforms and reviews that are in flight should continue to improve financial outcomes for retirees and their access to financial ...

US state public pensions fragile: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... with their unfunded liabilities. One of the drivers will be a continued decline in the average assumed rate of return -a policy move that will be positive for state and local pension plans in the long run, but budgetarily painful in the short run." It ...

PwC appoints chief economist for Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... focused on consulting work to government and other public sector institutions. She helps clients develop and implement public policy in her areas of expertise, public finance, public goods (energy, water, and waste), housing and financial services. As ...

Financial stability risks escalate: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... catalyst is that inflation stays high for longer than expected, requiring a larger and more persistent tightening in monetary policy than is currently reflected in financial market pricing. This would exacerbate the risk of a global recession and likely ...

Regulators to face committee scrutiny

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... "The committee will be probing the supervision and enforcement activities of the ACCC, APRA and ASIC, as well as their policy development and governance processes," Mulino said. He said topics that regulators must be across include cost pressures facing ...