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Chief economist update: What to expect when you're expecting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... Australian government bonds of around 25 basis points. While it's still early days, the Australian central bank and the Morrison government's largesse have moderated earlier expectations for a sharp contraction in the domestic economy. The earlier ...

Sequoia to acquire wealth group

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... offer." On completion, the transaction will add about 5,500 equity accounts to SEQ's execution and clearing business Morrison Securities and about $1 billion in funds under advice. In revenue terms, it translates to an additional $4 million of gross ...

APRA releases latest ERS data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... all payments have been made from not-for-profit funds, while the remaining 28% from retail funds. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told parliament on Friday last week the most recent ERS figures were significantly higher than APRA's data, which is a ...

Chief economist update: Pay cut or pay not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... can they when they are under house arrest and most businesses are shuttered? But enough with the technicalities. The Morrison government's JobKeeper scheme has, no doubt, limited the nightmare scenario for the Australian labour market. This, together ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
'The Lucky Country' it may be but the year 2020 is not turning out well for Australia. Less than five months into the year and it has gone from devastation wrought by the bushfires, the lockdown forced on society by the coronavirus and, just ...

Frydenberg amends Corporations Act

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... execution of documents over the coming six months. "Throughout this health crisis it has been a fundamental priority of the Morrison government to keep the economy going even with the disruption and the constraints caused by the health restrictions," ...

Chief economist update: The outlook for Australia, according to COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... month of April and by 62.2% from a year earlier. The labour market outlook would have been worse had it not been for the Morrison government's JobSeeker payments that limited the issuance of pink slips. But even this isn't good enough. Treasurer ...

Allan Gray appoints head of adviser distribution

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... with additional national responsibilities in the distribution team including strategic distribution initiatives. Julian Morrison will continue in his role as head of research houses and key accounts. "The strong growth in absolute adviser numbers discovering ...

Lockdown measures cost $4bn a week: Frydenberg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... confirmed on May 1 it will begin to discuss easing restrictions to get the economy moving again. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said initial actions and measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic have been largely successful at slowing the spread ...

Former AFSL director banned

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... clients of ASIC's decision to cancel the AFSL. A separate ASIC decision to ban Olive Financials' former director Scott Morrison from providing financial services for seven years, took effect in April. Morrison, from Ryde, NSW, was Olive Financials sole ...