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Tasmania remains best performing state: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... Australia and Victoria came in at equal fifth, Queensland seventh and the Northern Territory is eighth. CommSec chief economist Craig James said: "Overall, Australia's state and territory economies are in strong shape, well supported by significant fiscal ...

Clime continues to shed directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... Wynne is currently the mayor of the Woollahra and sits on the board of ASX-listed MoneyMe. Kollo is currently the chief economist at Faethm AI and previously worked at HESTA as general manager of quantitative solutions and risk, and was the deputy head ...

Tax incentive could boost affordable housing: ISA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... home hurt the retirement savings of young people, ISA pointed to research from economists - including former ANZ chief economist Saul Eslake - that shows handing cash to first home buyers does not promote home ownership. Rather, systemic issues are making ...

YFYS will impact advisers too

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
Sunsuper chief economist Brian Parker addressed the Association of Financial Advisers' annual conference to explain what the Your Future, Your Super reforms mean for financial advisers. "These reforms are really important for our members, your clients ...

Recovery set to slow: OECD

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... reducing the capital gains tax discount. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said he has no plans to raise GST. BetaShares chief economist David Bassanese said the recommendations have a "snowball's chance in hell" of ever making it through Australia's political ...

Experts torn on inflation outlook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... very slowly central banks will have to concede that they need to change their policies," Ward said. AXA group chief economist Gilles Moëc, meanwhile, took a different stance. He spoke in favour of inflation, pointing out that around the world inflation ...

Market momentum to continue: ASI Conference

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... of a portfolio in the short term. Taking a short-term perspective, AMP Capital head of investment strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver said the global recovery impinges on the COVID-19 vaccine and maintaining high vaccination rates. "It's going ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
Before he was an investment banker and economist with an enviable career spanning more than half a century, Don Stammer was just a 'Vacy boy' trying to beat the odds. He pays it forward this year with a university scholarship program, held in ...

Chief economist update: Local and foreign love affair with Australian property

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
The Foreign Investment Review Board's (FIRB) 2019-20 annual report shows that just like Australians, foreigners are also in love with our local property market. The FIRB approved a total of 7496 applications for the purchase of commercial and residential ...

Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
"They gathered for the feast They stab it with their steely knives, But they just can't kill the beast." - The Eagles, 'Hotel California' Only a few days after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept monetary policy settings unchanged and ...