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Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... investment choice and member engagement across the entire superannuation industry," he said. "You don't need a PhD in economics to understand the basic tenets of supply and demand, and if the SMSF sector is weakened then the flow on effects will ...

Overhaul executive remuneration: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... large pay packets. This is despite Livingstone defending the banks' remuneration practices at a Standing Committee on Economics in October 2017, claiming it had made the "right determination." When chief executive Matt Comyn was sworn in, the board decided ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street in drunken sailor's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... equities over the past weeks reminds me of the book, "A Random Walk on Wall Street", authored by Princeton University economics professor Burton Malkiel back in 1973, which posited that: "...short run changes in stock prices cannot be predicted. Investment ...

FASEA listens as advice industry combs blueprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... These fields include accounting, taxation law, finance law, finance, business law, investment, estate law, banking and economics. "This is much more in alignment with what we had advocated. Impacted members will need to go back and review their academic ...

Deputy CIO promotion at industry fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... over many years," Sicilia said. He added Clerk is a "big-picture thinker, with a deep knowledge base spanning physics, economics, quantitative analytics and information technology." "I feel privileged to have Greg working alongside me and look forward ...

FSC moves to protect retail super from ALP 'tinkering'

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... superannuation fund members over Labor's proposed changes to franking credits. In a submission to the House of Representatives Economics Committee, the FSC outlined the impact of the current franking system, noting more than 2.6 million members of large ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... latest Purchasing Managers' survey indicate that the economy could be heading for stagnation. According to Markit Economics/Caixin: "The Caixin China Composite Output Index dipped to 50.5 in October from the previous month, reaching its lowest level ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
Uh-oh! Borrowing a quote from Robert Burns: "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry." It appears to be heading that way looking at the third quarter economic scorecard in the Eurozone. Advance estimates show that the single currency region's ...

Unpaid super penalties too light: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... hazard whereby employers think they can escape penalty. Testimony from the ATO at the Senate Estimates committee for economics this week included the regulator saying it routinely waives all employer penalties for the late payment of super under Part ...

Argo Investments attacks Labor franking policy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... policy and its implications. Higgins confirmed Argo made a submission the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics inquiry into the implications of Labor's policy, which strongly voices the objections of the firm. Argo's public posturing ...