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The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... things down... and that the next one after could be the straw that would break the back of inflation expectations and by extension, economic growth. This is because consumers are the lynchpin of the economy. They may be confident today and are even increasing ...

ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... in wages and salaries don't accelerate from 3.7% in the third quarter. This helps underwrite consumer spending and by extension, growth in the overall economy.

UBS wins pensions mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... equity mandates, appointing UBS to manage the funds. The 10-year agreement comes with the possibility of a five-year extension and is expected to commence as of March 2018 - a month ahead of the UK government's target date for pension schemes to begin ...

More time needed for TBAR transition: SMSFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... industry to shift to monthly reporting. "This will give the ATO the knowledge and flexibility to determine whether an extension of the transition period is warranted," he said. "If the industry was not in a state of readiness for monthly reporting due ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... energy prices, indicate further erosion in household disposable incomes that, in turn, weakens consumer spending and by extension, overall growth in the economy. The Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) 'Household Income Account' report showed that ...

Divergent business confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... from household spending while at the same time raising operating costs among businesses, reducing their margins and by extension, investment in plant & equipment and on staffing. This will continue to gnaw at business confidence until the Federal government ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... average hourly earnings slowed to 0.1% in August from 0.3% in the previous month - could dent consumer sentiment and by extension, consumer spending. But this could be due to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) problem with seasonal adjustments. Bank ...

Super funds on notice over disclosure deadline

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... deadline for disclosure of property operating costs in the investment fee, or indirect costs, to 30 September 2018. The extension on this component will help provide additional time for discussions between ASIC and industry about how to calculate these ...

Low-flation to lower-flation?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... wage growth (and pensions) because most are indexed to inflation. This doesn't augur well for household income and by extension, consumer confidence and spending. Worse, it could lead to even lower inflation expectations further exacerbating the slowdown ...

Industry funds sign off on $45 billion merger

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... Super." The merger comes as the Federal Government has been actively encouraging consolidation in the industry, with the extension of the tax relief for merging funds extended until 1 July 2020. According to a spokesperson, the new Sunsuper-Kinetic entity ...