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Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... breaking up is hard to do, now I know, I know that it's true..." - Neil Sedaka. This song must be playing in UK prime minister Theresa May's head - it should as it did in mine - when a second round of voting in the House of Commons on her Brexit ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore up or iron ore down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... higher than Treasury's projections - they'll help counteract the slowing economy and at the same time allow Prime Minister Scott Morrison to offer some largesse in order for the Coalition to remain in government after the upcoming Federal ele ...

Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... in Australia to hold the office of Assistant Treasurer; and later, as Communications Minister, she was alongside Prime Minister John Howard as he announced the sale of then government-owned Telstra. After she left Canberra, Coonan built a portfolio of ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... investment. Signaled looser liquidity stance by pointing to further RRR cuts for smaller banks," it said. Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang announced the measures at the opening of the National People's Congress on March 5, simultaneous with his ...

Institutional investors call out climate policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... change represents nor will it unlock large-scale investment in zero emissions solutions." In releasing the policy, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said $2 billion will be invested in the Climate Solutions Fund. It is supposed to build on the success of ...

SMSFA turns up the heat on franking debate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... discriminatory if the policy was implemented under the current proposed parameters," Maroney said. Shortly afterwards, Prime Minister Scott Morrison delivered a video message and also took the opportunity to go after Labor. This is a vital time for the ...

Treasury initiates review post RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... Department of Families and Social Services will lead the review, in consultation with Treasury and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. "The review is also set to benefit drought-affected communities, with senior representatives from the ...

Wealth manager appoints former NSW Premier to chair foundation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... serves as an adviser to the director general at the Executive Office of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai. In a statement Carr noted the foundation's efforts in helping migrants settle ...

Chief economist update: La vita is no longer e bella

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... sector shrank, while the service sector had been "substantially stable". Not so, says Italy's newly-elected prime minister, Giuseppe Conte. It's because of external factors - mainly, the Sino-US trade spat and Brexit - stupid! Still, data show ...

No-deal Brexit sparks mixed reaction: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... services sector is grappling with the effects the upcoming Brexit deal will have on the industry. On the back of UK Prime Minister Theresa May's historic defeat of her proposed exit strategy from the EU last week, respondents were divided over believing ...