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Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
The A$/US$ exchange rate is, according to my Bloomberg screen, currently trading at US$0.7141, up 0.04% from the previous trading day and up 1.3% this year to date. In turn, Bloomberg's US dollar spot index has risen 0.14% overnight and is just ...

Labor responds to Royal Commission final report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... Party will look to ban the payment of grandfathered commissions by January 2020 if successful at the upcoming Federal election. Responding to the final report, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said the party has already tabled a bill to end the grandfathering ...

No one-size-fits-all approach to franking changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... Labor's franking credit refund changes were to pass unaltered through both houses of Parliament after the upcoming election. The panel failed to come to a consistent approach, speaking both to the diversity of SMSF portfolios and the investment options ...

Opportunities outweigh threats when it comes to SMSFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... the difficulties faced by the sector in the year approaching, specifically highlighting matters such as the upcoming election and the differing views of the major parties. "I've been involved in the super sector either directly or from afar for most ...

Major shareholders defy proxy advisers: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... Services sector has led to investors increasingly forming their own independent views on company remuneration and re-election resolutions," she said. The numbers show it is clear companies need a strategy to ascertain and influence major shareholder ...

Brexit is history: Chief Economists Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... it's leaving the EU, while the union itself has moved forward. "Remember, both [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 ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... other major world central banks to freeze their own. Nearer term, there's the uncertainty over the upcoming Federal election and, of course, the repercussions of the findings and recommendations of the royal commission on banking malfeasance. As ...

Industry fund appoints chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... governance and strategy, the fund said in a statement. AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade said: "We welcome Ben's election to the role of chair and are looking forward to his leadership of the fund. Ben's experience in the aviation industry ...

Chief economist update: La vita is no longer e bella

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
"When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie, that's amore..." But Italians may not be in the mood for "amore", not when their economy - the third biggest in the Eurozone - is officially in a technical recession. La vita is no longer e bella! ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
As the Reserve Bank of Australia holds the cash rate at 1.5%, economic conversations are moving from a rise to a cut. AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver earlier this month said the RBA could cut to 1% by the end of 2019, with the first rate cut ...