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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
No one can escape it, even if we try. The media - radio, TV, print, social - is full of it. Reports, assessments, and implications of Australia's Federal Budget 2018-19. There's the usual flood of "Budget winners and losers" and the "what's in it for ...

Infrastructure receives $24.5 billion injection

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
The Federal Government last night promised to inject $24.5 billion into new infrastructure projects, a move which could create opportunities for infrastructure investors and managers in the future. In his Budget speech, Treasurer Scott Morrison said ...

ANZ considering buy-back with life insurance paycheck

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
ANZ's first paycheck from the December sale of its life insurance arm to Zurich has arrived and the bank is considering buying back up to $1.5 billion in shares, on top of its current buyback program. The bank today updated the market that it has received ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
When the clock strikes half past seven and Treasurer Scott Morrison starts to read his speech, here is what Australia's major financial services associations will be hoping for. Financial Planning Association (FPA) In a 45-page pre-budget submission ...

S&P reaffirms Sirtex after new offer from Chinese manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
ASX-listed healthcare firm Sirtex, whose investors include some of Australia's leading fund managers, will remain in the S&P/ASX 200 after its US takeover has been postponed in light of a new offer. Sirtex entered into a trading halt and then announced ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
What better to focus the minds of the Australian Prime Minister and Federal Treasurer than a general election coming to a theatre near us - no later than May next year. This time is not different. The government of the day is going out here, there and ...

Federal government responds to white collar crime Senate inquiry

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
The Federal Government has agreed to strengthen some of ASIC's powers but has deferred acting on recommendations to tighten self-reporting and industry codes as it waits for the dust to settle on Royal Commission findings. In its response to the Senate ...

Chief economist update: Crying for Argentina

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
The Argentinian central bank lifted interest rates, a move intended to stem the sharp and rapid depreciation of the Argentine peso and by extension put downward pressure on inflation. Whoa! Fret not whether the Fed is going to raise interest rates by ...

WA Super names advice GM

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
WA Super has made two promotions, including in its advice business. Quyen Truong moved into the role of WA Super's general manager of advice and distribution in April. She was previously head of advice in the fund's operations management team. Before ...

S&P to remove ASX healthcare firm from index

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
An ASX-listed healthcare firm, currently subject to a potential class action by shareholders which include major Australian asset managers, will be removed from the ASX 200 pending acquisition by a US company. S&P Dow Jones Indices said Sirtex Medical ...