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Chief economist update: Better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... spanner in Canberra's recovery works. Beijing has already banned beef imports from four Australian abattoirs, put an 80% customs duty on barley, its looking at thermal coal import restrictions. It wouldn't be a stretch to imagine that if push ...

Tax chiefs crack down on tax evasion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... from the OECD Taskforce on Tax Crime. The J5 includes the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) from the UK, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigations from the US, the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) and ...

AMP cuts super fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
AMP is reducing investment and administration fees across its suite of superannuation products, including removing the Stronger Super fee it introduced in 2013 to finance the implementation of the reforms. The fee cuts will be applied to MySuper, choice ...

Chief economist update: Brexit - the news that was

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... that'll conclude on 31 December 2020. The BBC explains: "During this period the UK will effectively remain in the EU's customs union and single market - but will be outside the political institutions and there will be no British members of the ...

AMP to cut contribution fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
AMP has informed licensees and financial advisers it will phase out contribution fees in Q1 2020. In a letter from AMP managing director of superannuation, retirement and platforms Lara Bourguignon, AMP has said it will cease charging and paying contribution ...

Short-seller targets infant formula importer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... backlash in China." The Blue Orca report also makes allegations that the company is falsely inflating its worth. It says customs data indicates the company actually imports much less infant formula than it claims to and that Ausnutria understates labour ...

Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... experienced retaliatory measures by Chinese government, one in five said they had to deal with increased inspections and slower customs clearance of their products. Reuters also highlighted concerns about slower approval for licensing and other applications." ...

Brexit is history: Chief Economists Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... [British] parties actually stood for the election in 2017 on the basis that we were going to leave the single market and the customs union," Tinker said. "So part of the Government is pretending that it didn't actually say that. "And then there are ...

AMP wealth arm leaked $873 million in first half

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
AMP's wealth management arm, which includes its superannuation and platform products, saw net outflows of $873 million in the first half of 2018. By comparison, it had recorded net inflows of more than $1 billion in first half of last year. AMP's North ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... trade-restrictive measures were applied by G20 economies during the review period, including tariff increases, stricter customs procedures, imposition of taxes and export duties. This equates to an average of almost six restrictive measures per month ...