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Chief economist update: 'Paradox of Thrift' in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... 79.0 by July 2008) - the frog was dropped into boiling water. That got Kevin 07's (then Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd) attention, didn't it? As headlined in The Age (14 October 2008): "Rudd unveils $10.4b stimulus plan" that "includes ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... Economics director Chris Richardson said the initial tax refunds would act much like the stimulus cheques mailed out by the Rudd government during the depths of the global financial crisis in February 2009." "On that occasion, cheques of $950, worth ...

Former Labor senator joins Sargon

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
A former cabinet minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments was appointed to Sargon's board. Stephen Conroy has joined as a non-executive director at Sargon, as the firm embarks on its next growth phase. Commenting on Conroy's appointment, Sargon ...

Record tax receipts, record outlays yet back to surplus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... ago when the Abbott Government was elected in 2013, which in-turn was more than four times the $58 billion it was when the Rudd Labor Government was elected in 2007. Australia's Federal Budget is still 46% reliant on individual taxpayers, which is ...

UK to introduce new pension scheme

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... run by commercial Master Trusts - potentially reaching millions of retirement savers." Work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd said the UK will bring forward primary legislation to introduce the new scheme "as soon as parliamentary allows". Royal Mail ...

UK pension funds to be hit hard over negligence

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... of a wider reform package put forward in response to consultation on enhancing the powers of the pensions regulator. Amber Rudd, the UK's Secretary of State for Work and Pensions said bosses who put the futures of their employees at risk have got away ...

Prominent executive links with VFMC board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
Victorian Funds Management Corporation is strengthening its board with the appointment of a prominent financial services executive. The Victorian public sector fund manager is welcoming Fiona Trafford-Walker to its board, in a move designed to deepen ...

Alternatives specialist boosts leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
An alternative investments firm has added to its distribution capabilities and made four appointments to its small team. Brookvine is expanding as the firm experiences greater interest in its alternative and niche investment strategies. Former CQS head ...

Personal tax cuts lead the Budget

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... foreign companies will no longer get tax breaks over Australian companies - calling it "another tax loophole opened up by the Rudd Government." The government also wants digital companies to pay up their taxes. "Over the past year I have been working ...

Budget big picture: Surplus on radar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... billion over the same period. When the coalition government was elected in 2013, net Government debt was $160 billion; when the Rudd government was elected in 2007 Australia didn't have a net government debt but had $24 billion in the bank. This illustrates ...