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Big banks cop a beating

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... the major banks, and their New Zealand subsidiaries, due to its expectation of a significant economic shock in 1H20. The agency said it expects GDP to shrink in 1H20, with only a modest recovery starting in 2H20 and extending into 2021. "Unemployment ...

Not safe to launch: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... bank's 2020 interim dividend settings as part of the 2020 half year results process. APRA's warnings come as ratings agency Fitch downgrades the Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) ratings of Australia's big four banks and their New Zealand subsidiaries ...

Chief economist update: Great Scott! Mighty Mo to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... several bushfire recovery measures - topped by a A$2 billion funding for the establishment of the National Bushfire Recovery Agency - for one can read between the lines of their pronouncements that he and Treasurer Frydenberg still wanted to have the ...

FASEA exam to go online

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... the measure in light of "the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and in the best interest of all people involved in the exam". The agency said exam provider ACER would directly advise April FASEA candidates of their options. "FASEA continues to receive and act ...

Moody's downgrades AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
International ratings agency Moody's has downgraded AMP Group, AMP Bank and AMP Life. AMP Group, AMP Bank and AMP Life were all downgraded from A2 to A3 and remains under review for downgrade. AMP Life's insurance financial strength rating was ...

APRA names new executive director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... since June 2018. Prior to that she was deputy chief executive and chief risk officer at the National Disability Insurance Agency and held a number of senior roles at the National Australia Bank on-and-off for over 25-years. Roberts was also chief risk ...

Tax chiefs crack down on tax evasion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... and Customs (HMRC) from the UK, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigations from the US, the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) and the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD). J5 said it has been working together to gather information ...

Super fund reveals ASX 100 equality laggards

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... then mapped a company's performance within these six categories against standards set by Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), giving them an averaged percentage score for how close the company was to meeting best practice. The big four performed ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus threatens Tokyo Olympics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... foreign income from tourism foregone... and so is its ripple effect on the domestic economy. According to the Japan Tourism Agency (JTA), international visitors to Japan spend around ¥144,082 each (US$1310) - as at the June quarter of 2018. JTA estimates ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus infects oil market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
It appears that no one and nothing is immune from the spread of the coronavirus. It's now turned the bull market in crude oil into a bear. Crude oil prices sank by more than 10% (the technical definition of a bear market) - WTI oil down 15.6%; Brent ...