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Chief economist update: When good oil goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... extension lowers overall economic growth. We've all been witnesses to this. The drop in oil prices from around US$115/barrel in mid-2014 (reaching a high of around US$145/barrel in 2008) to around US$25/barrel in 2016 has given us the synchronised global ...

Chief economist update: We're headed for surplus (if assumptions hold)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... government's fiscal account is projected to be in surplus one year earlier - equivalent to 0.1% of GDP in FY 2019-20 as against the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) of 0.4% of GDP by FY 2020-21 - and from there, the hope is that it'll be ...

What the 2018 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
More changes to Australia's $2.6 trillion superannuation system, additional funding to the nation's financial services regulators, personal tax cuts and additional pensioner benefits are the major talking points of Budget 2018. The 2018 Budget is arguably ...

Personal tax cuts lead the Budget

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
Personal tax cuts were on the top of Treasurer Scott Morrison's five-point list to "strengthen the economy" as he opened his Budget night speech. The Federal Government is proposing middle and lower income earners pay up to $530 less in tax, starting ...

Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
The Labor Party said pensioners and working Australians will be most disadvantaged by this year's Budget proposals. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the Liberal Government's budget is "unfair" and favours big business. In a series of Tweets, Shorten ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... and health and aged care, among others. Never mind the "promised" surplus, it's election spending time. In the December 2017 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), the Treasury predicted that ever-elusive surplus to be reached by FY2020-21 amounting ...

ASIC tightens grip on ICO issuers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... announced. AUSTRAC's new suite of cryptocurrency laws will regulate digital currency exchange providers when they come into effect mid-May. Meanwhile, the US corporate regulator has been going after ICOs that don't meet regulatory requirements. In December ...

Morningstar creates carbon risk investment tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
Investors measuring carbon risk in portfolios have a new tool to score carbon exposure across 30,000 funds globally. Introduction of the Morningstar portfolio Carbon Risk Score aims to move beyond carbon footprinting to provide an assessment of carbon ...

Nick Bolton back on ASIC radar

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... acting as a "shadow director" of the company. Nick Bolton was previously Keybridge's managing director. He shot to fame in his mid-20s after his involvement in the Macquarie-backed BrisConnections toll road project. He resigned from Keybridge following ...

Whitehelm Capital acquires AGL assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... and Asia Saji Anantakrishnan said: "The Sustainable Energy Infrastructure business is consistent with our focus on stable, mid-market infrastructure assets across Australia and developed Asia and we look forward to working with the experienced management ...