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Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... fear of missing out. "After an exceptionally strong returning year, most financial asset prices have risen and yields have fallen sharply, but if central banks remain on hold and growth expectations improve, despite valuations looking high, markets could ...

Half of all AFSL applications approved

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... were approved and 31 were withdrawn. "For the first year since inception, the total number of approved AFS licensees has fallen (from 6170 in June 2018 to 6159 in June 2019)," ASIC said. "Given the generally consistent number of new AFS licences approved ...

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 ...