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Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... the US Department of Treasury has not named any of these countries as outright currency manipulators to date, the US Commerce Department has already submitted proposals (in May this year), including the application of "countervailing" import duties on ...

Chief economist update: US recession in the offing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... to Bloomberg, Beijing has readied plans to restrict rare earth exports to America with Reuters reporting: "China's Commerce Ministry... will draft a list of foreign companies, organisations and individuals that it deems "unreliable" for harming Chinese ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... trying to undercut American producers and import cheap goods into the United States. Under a rule change proposed by the Commerce Department on Thursday, the United States would expand its ability to penalise countries that manipulate their currencies. ...

Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... they're wounding it. It's also hurting US companies operating in China. "SCMP noted new survey by American Chamber of Commerce in China and its sister organization in Shanghai revealed three-quarters of US companies operating in China said escalating ...

Frydenberg makes big promises for small business

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... measures will mean this covers an additional 22 000 businesses, employing 1.7 million Australians. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry welcomed the Treasurer's support for small business. Chief executive of the Australian Chamber James Pearson ...

Super fund chief executive to retire

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... non-profit aimed at improving the trade and investment between Australia and Canada, called the Canadian Australian Chamber of Commerce. CBA Group Super appointed Ruwanie Dias as the chief investment officer last year, replacing Gerard Parlevliet who ...

Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... experienced higher schooling, Falas was determined to get a good education and upon graduating from high school she dove into a commerce degree at the University of Sydney. Taking heed from Robert Frost and his iconic poem 'The Road Not Taken' ...

AFCA appoints new ombudsman

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... had senior management experience in both the public and private sectors, working in telecommunications, finance and e-commerce. He has also run his own small business. AFCA chief executive and chief ombudsman David Locke said: "AFCA recognises the importance ...

Vertical integration changes to reshape personal wealth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... Blockchain Open banking Steady advance towards public cloud Cyber defence versus hacker intelligence Accelerating connected commerce Optimising digital-human interplay Increasing interactive dimensions Data privacy and ethics

Australia Day honours recognise industry stalwarts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... director and served on the board of the ASX from 2003 to 2015. She is currently chair of the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce and sits on the board of RaboBank Australia and New Zealand. She is joined by former NAB deputy chief executive Michael ...