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Chief economist update: COVID-19 causes double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... contraction - satisfying the technical definition of a recession (two consecutive quarters of negative growth). The Eurozone registered its first pandemic-induced recession last year when GDP dropped in the first (-3.8%) and second (-11.6%) quarters ...

Chief economist update: Not yet time to make a change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... previous three-month's 4.3% growth. As per the definition of "annualised growth rate" - the rate that would be registered if the quarterly change were maintained for a full year - both the IMF and the OECD's most recent 2021 US GDP growth forecasts ...

Chief economist update: Tomorrow never dies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... years while the PMI for services rose to 60.1 - the highest in 80 months. The au Jibun Bank flash Japan Composite PMI registered its first expansion in 15 months, rising to 50.2 in April, aided by the continued strengthening of its manufacturing sector ...

Government opens consultation on key advice reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... advisers who also provide tax (financial) advice services, removing the requirement for tax (financial) advisers to be registered with the Tax Practitioners Board. It also ensures relevant tax experts are appointed to the FSCP to hear disciplinary matters ...

Business registration to be updated

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... rather then the current system which requires up to seven entry points to establish a business. "For the 2.7 million registered companies on the Australian Company Register, these reforms will streamline their annual business registry engagement with ...

Chief economist update: No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... infected persons around the world has risen to 23.7 million as of April 11 - a record high that eclipses the 23.0 million registered at the end of January this year (before not a few countries reimposed restrictions). Similarly, after dropping below ...

APRA to overhaul offshore reinsurance standards

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... the value of the assets of the fund for reinsurance exposers. Offshore reinsurers that enter the market and become registered with APRA will be exempt from the aggregate limit. APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell said the changes are for APRA to effectively ...

NZ overhauls regulation of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... a Code of Conduct and new disclosure obligations. New Zealand has traditionally had three financial adviser types: Registered Financial Adviser (RFA), Authorised Financial Adviser (AFA) and Qualifying Financial Entities (QFE) adviser. These has all been ...

Chief economist update: When 6%-plus growth is deemed too low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... China PMI surveys back Li's warning. Although still at a reading indicating expansion, the composite output index registered its third straight month of decline to a reading of 51.7 in February as "demand and supply in both the manufacturing and ...

Low pass rate for latest FASEA exam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... end of 2021 will no longer be able to practice as licensed financial advisers. FASEA reported that 2300 advisers have registered for the next sitting in March.