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Fidelity launches global bond fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... environment. "We're arguably edging closer to the end of the interest rate tightening cycle," de Pourbaix said. "Should central banks begin easing interest rates once inflation is deemed to be under control, this would be positive for bond strategies ...

Experts expect the RBA to hold: Finder

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
... months," Bloxham said. "By the second half of the year, the risk gets larger that cuts could arrive... but this is not our central case." Janus Henderson fixed interest strategist Emma Lawson noted that most G10 markets (meaning the markets which are ...

British banker to become RBA deputy governor

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... intelligence gathering. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Hauser's appointment "strikes the right balance" between providing deep central banking experience and offering a fresh, global perspective to the work of the RBA. "Hauser comes highly recommended for ...

New bill to strip treasurer of RBA monetary policy veto powers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... enact recommendations from the RBA Review released in April and is the culmination of months-long discussions with the central bank and Opposition. In addition to revoking the treasurer's powers, the bill stipulates that the RBA's primary goal is to ...

ASIC bans former PwC partner over tax scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... barred by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) over integrity breaches following an investigation that found he let confidential law reform plans slip. Collins was undoubtedly the initial thread to unravel the embattled PwC, as the fallout from the nation's ...

NowInfinity bolsters estate planning capabilities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... solution, Super Comply, Williams said the solution is being built to assist clients in updating their deeds and "access a central compliance module that will enable them to easily keep their SMSF deeds and investment strategies up to date and compliant." ...

Government consults on superannuation objective laws

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... implementation of an objective, garnering over 150 submissions. At the time assistant treasurer Stephen Jones said: "Despite its central role in the retirement income system, there is no agreed objective of superannuation, legislated or elsewhere, to ...

AMP provisions $50m in response to class action

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
... million provision, reflecting its preliminary assessment of potential liabilities associated with the advice practices central to the lawsuit. While awaiting the Federal Court's conclusive orders on the judgement, AMP chief executive Alexis George ...

VFMC chair to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
The chair of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation will retire at the end of the month, with an interim replacement appointed. James MacKenzie has served as chair of VFMC since June 2015 but will retire from the board on August 23. During his tenure ...

BNPL to be regulated under Credit Act

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... market would be overhauled to safeguard vulnerable consumers. "Today I am proud to announce that the government will change the law, so that BNPL products are regulated as credit products," said Jones. He explained that under the plan BNPL providers ...
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