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Chief economist update: Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
Pop that cork! Roll out the barrels... the barrels of fun! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest tracking of the labour market shows that we've got jobs and they're multiplying. Total employment grew by a greater-than-expected ...

Will the PC recommendations fall through the cracks?

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... and Productivity Commission recommendations will form policy for both the Government and Opposition going into the May election, Steffanoni said. Baker McKenzie special counsel Alan Darwin says some of the recommendations are uncontroversial and could ...

Kelly O'Dwyer to leave parliament

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
Former financial services minister Kelly O'Dwyer will retire before the next election. In an announcement on Saturday, Member for Higgins Kelly O'Dwyer said she would not recontest the next federal election, citing personal reasons. "After much agonising ...

No-deal Brexit prolongs market uncertainty

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... majority: 432 voted 'no' and 202 voted 'yes.' Under UK law, a motion of no confidence could trigger an early election. The FTSE recorded a 0.58% increase to 6895.02, while other major indices such as the DJIA rose 0.65% to 24,065.59. ...

IOOF, ANZ deal not in best interests of members: Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... of the Royal Commission's final report, the Government's and Opposition's responses to it and after the next Federal election," Morningstar said. "In addition, we think the changes ensure ANZ Bank's OnePath Life business, which is being separately sold ...

Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
It's ironic that for a country known as the United Kingdom, there seems to be an absence of well, unity. The (dis)United Kingdom's Prime Minister Theresa May and her proposed Brexit deal lost big time in the House of Commons by a record 230 ...

Investors to move on property before election: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... unlikely to be retrospective, Vardy sees investors potentially putting property back into their portfolio before the next election. "So there's certainly uncertainty around what do you do now if you are a potential investor into property," he said. "Do ...

Westpac executive remuneration voted down

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... other major banks are attempting to exit the sector. In other agenda items, shareholders approved Craig Dunn's re-election as a director, as well as the election of Peter Nash and Anita Fung as directors.

Chief economist update: So much Brexit uncertainty, so little time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... What happens next? May could resign the prime ministership or there could be a leadership challenge or a snap general election, or another referendum on Brexit or an extension of the 29 March 2019 divorce deadline.

Advice firm runs rule over Labor policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... Labor's proposals on negative gearing, capital gains tax and dividend imputation all need a closer look heading into an election year. HLB Mann Judd Sydney wealth partner Jonathan Philpot said these issues are likely to dominate investor discussions ...