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Chief economist update: Businesses remain unmoved by low rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... written in the AFR : "Few chief executives are willing to budge on hurdle rates, arguing that while interest rates have fallen sharply, risks have increased and the long-term nature of many projects means interest rates need to be considered through ...

Fix gaps in AFCA remit: Creevey Russell

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... litigation by permitting AFCA to deal with matters arising after 1 January 2008. Creevey argues some businesses and farmers have fallen through the cracks of this reform, as the extension limits AFCA's jurisdiction to credit facilities not exceeding ...

Brian Hartzer steps down from Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... executive I accept that I am ultimately accountable for everything that happens at the bank. And it is clear that we have fallen well short of what the community expects of us, and we expect of ourselves." Hartzer has been given 12 months' notice ...

Westpac halts short-term bonuses, culls Litepay

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... its monitoring of financial crime, the bank still had "unacceptable shortcomings" in the area. "We accept that we have fallen short of both our own and regulators' standards and are determined to get all the facts and assess accountability," he said. ...

The AUD is key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... deterioration in the domestic economy. In it I briefly touched on the Australian dollar exchange rate inferring that it has not fallen enough this time. "The A$/US$ sank from US$0.80 to below US$60 during the Asian financial crisis; it fell from around ...

Chief economist update: How low will Lowe go?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... the same year; and, it dropped from US$0.91 to US$0.62 at the onset of the GFC. The A$/US$ exchange rate has currently fallen to US$0.6786 (following the jobs report) but it has risen and remains above the US$0.6704 low plumbed after the RBA's third ...

FASEA attempting to re-write law: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... code too literally" and promised that guidance would shortly be released. After eight months of waiting, the guidance has fallen well short of the kind of clarity the AFA was looking for. "What the guidance provides is no certainty, in that it lacks ...

Retail funds shrink unlisted assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... increase in fund-level allocation to such assets which held steady at about 20%. Private equity's share of the pie has fallen over the last five years, for both retail and NFP sector. In NFP funds, private equity's share of total FUM nearly halved ...

Chief economist update: Brexit la la la

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... Declaration as well as a flexible extension of Article 50. As a consequence, the perceived likelihood of a no-deal Brexit has fallen markedly and the sterling exchange rate has appreciated. These agreements are expected to remove some of the uncertainty ...

Chief economist update: Fed pause could be a short one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... measured by the yield differential between 10-year Treasuries and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) - have fallen to 1.54% at the end of October from this year's high of 1.97% (April). The Fed's monitoring this because as Jerome ...