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Excise tax, super top budget worries

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... criticised for telling the voting public that certain situations aren't his responsibility. For example, during the bushfire crisis of early 2020 when he controversially said "I don't hold a hose" to explain his absence. Morrison will likely seek to ...

Key Budget measure won't help economy: Academic

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... "Markets eventually react to this gap between perception and reality - which is what happened with the 2008 Global Financial Crisis," he said. "The Treasurer should establish and finance a sovereign wealth fund managed by a trust comprised of people ...

Managed accounts FUM at $131bn

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... Potter said. "The value which the systematic approach of managed accounts embodies is even more critical in the worldwide crisis we are currently facing." Milliman's practice leader, Australia Victor Huang added: "The investment markets grew steadily ...

Guy Debelle resigns from RBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... Australia well, including most recently through the policy response to COVID which has helped the country come through the crisis in a strong position. "I have often spoken about the opportunities for business to help address climate change. This new ...

Global markets shaken by war

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... higher commodity prices - like energy companies and gold miners - may outperform, offering something of a hedge to this crisis and volatility," Rodda said. Mathan Somasundaram, founder and chief executive of DeepData Analytics, said Russia moving into ...

Chief economist: Thank you, Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... will recover and even proceeded to record new all-time highs. This, despite "hiccups" brought on by the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98; the dotcom bust in 2000; the global financial crisis in 2008/09; and, the European sovereign debt crisis of 2010/13. ...

Private debt and YFYS: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... that is available tends to skew to the US. In Australia, government funding provided to banks during the Global Financial Crisis has somewhat stifled the Australian private debt market, leaving it lagging global markets. As at March 2021, Australasian ...

Inflation hitting retiree budgets: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... the government addresses the repair of people's retirement budgets as we start to see the other side of the COVID-19 crisis."

Boards still lagging on diversity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... greater diversity of thinking. "The challenges presented to boards as they steered their organisations through the COVID-19 crisis have irrevocably impacted so many aspects of governance," Deloitte Australia chair Tom Imbesi said. "This report outlines ...

Insto investors tempted by crypto

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... options and the overall growth of decentralised finance. "Many cryptocurrencies have performed well since the coronavirus crisis started. From 1 January 2020, the value of Bitcoin and Ethereum have increased by 460% and 1812% respectively," Nickel Digital ...