ASIC warns real estate agents on early release super advice The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has fired a shot over the bows of real estate agents who have been providing ‘advice’ to hard-pressed tenants about accessing early release superannuation. For more.

Before COVID-19 ASIC was investigating mostly retail funds The Australian Securities and Investments Commission was only conducting five investigations relating to industry funds compared to 16 relating to retail funds. For more.

FASEA approves new degrees and RPL A University of Canberra historical Graduate Diploma, two new RMIT degrees, and recognised prior learning from the FPA and CPA has been approved by FASEA. For more.

ASIC reveals two bodies were vying to become code-monitors It was well known that a consortium led by the FPA and AFA was seeking authorisation of as a code monitoring body but the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed there was a second party in the mix. For more.

Expect lasting reduction to travel sector warns Magellan There is likely to be a ‘lasting reduction’ in demand for travel firms and cruise companies even after the market recovers from COVID-19, according to Magellan. For more.

China to be first out of COVID-19 economic storm China’s growth will likely accelerate in Q2 while the rest of the world decelerates but with the Northern Hemisphere summer on its way and the prospect of a potential vaccine, there are potential advantages that Asia did not initially have. For more.

Economic behaviours to change post-pandemic The economic configurations and behaviours after the pandemic caused by COVID-19 will be very different from those that prevailed earlier, according to Janus Henderson. For more.

Freeze credit card repayments As COVID-19 continues, the founder of one of Australia’s largest credit card comparators has called for a freeze on credit card interest and repayments for six months. For more.

Outsider, like Banjo, is yearning for the wide, open spaces Well, apologies to Banjo Paterson because Outsider’s working from home arrangements are not quite that bad, although Outsider notes that Banjo, writing Clancy of the Overflow in 1897, probably did not have to maintain delicate diplomatic relations with Mrs O. For more.

No fun unless you name names Nothing annoys Outsider more than fellow hacks failing to point fingers and name names and so he wants to know the identity of the senior financial services type who, with a lady friend, is alleged to have partied hard in Aspen, caught COVID-19 and then returned to Australia to ignore self-isolation and go shopping and playing golf. For more.

Achieving social distancing by leveraging holiday geography Hats off to a certain life insurance sector identity who knows how to leverage both time and space. For more.