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Misconduct must end: Frydenberg

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... controlled those entities." "Too often the conduct within our financial institutions has been in breach of existing laws and fallen well below community expectations. The price paid by our community has been immense and goes beyond just the financial," ...

Australia Day: How the barbecue has changed

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... respectively over the last two decades. However, common barbecue grocery items such as tomato sauce and white bread have fallen more than 21% and 23% respectively. In terms of alcohol consumption, the ABS pointed to its 2017-18 National Health Survey ...

Will the PC recommendations fall through the cracks?

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... two weeks after the Productivity Commission unveiled its final report, has its push to overhaul the superannuation system fallen on deaf ears? Two legal experts discuss what could happen next. Following a three-year review that produced 31 recommendations ...

Chief economist update: Australian property market slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... stability by 2020 is that it expects the return of homebuyers following this year's expected slump - i.e., prices have fallen enough to entice buyers. To be sure, all the signs point to weakening prices going forward. I'll let the charts do the ...

Why the RBA has reason to cut rates in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... Ordinaries Index remain 7.3% down from a year earlier while CoreLogic's "5 city capital aggregate" home value index has fallen by 6.6% in the year to 9 January 2019. These would certainly put a dent on consumer confidence but more importantly, the ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... year to date, dragging all others with it - the MSCI developed equity index is down 9% and the emerging market measure has fallen by 13.3% over the same period. The US dollar index is rising while at the same time emerging market currencies are collapsing. ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... surprisingly, commodity prices have been dropping. The Thomson Reuters/CoreCommodity CRB Commodity Total Return Index has fallen by 4.8% this year to date. The slowdown in China and the decline in commodity prices isn't good news for Australia. Were ...

Blue Sky LIC adds new directors, denied pay rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... Pinnacle Investment Management subsidiary Alterum Investment Management to act as manager of the BAF portfolio has also fallen through.

Blue Sky names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... pension plans, 38 primary US state retirement plans and more than 15 sovereign wealth funds. Blue Sky's share price has now fallen about 90% since March, with Kain acknowledging the firm's reputation has suffered dearly. "We have taken steps to rectify ...

October volatility sours investor outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... in September was one of the few early warning signs of the ensuing market turbulence that has followed. Confidence has fallen further in October and is more widespread, especially in Europe where not only are political risks rising, but growth is disappointing ...