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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... for a "proactive response" to support global growth "...based on structural, fiscal, and monetary policies". US small business optimism It appears that the reported improvement in the US ISM manufacturing -- up to 51.8 in March from 49.5 in Feb -- and ...

Regulators defended in calls for Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... who have had their retirement savings gutted. Families have been rorted out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Small business owners who have lost everything. Life insurance policy holders denied justice. There are literally tens of thousands of victims ...

New boss for Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... Industry (ACCI). Pearson replaces Kate Carnell, who was recently appointed by the Federal Government as the first Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman. ACCI president Terry Wetherall said: "James was selected from a field of high quality candidates ...

Trio Capital compensation complete

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... already provided $71.7 million on compensation to eligible investors. Commenting on the decision, Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer said: "Because they are not covered by the SIS Act, in good faith the Government considered ...

SMSFA calls for concessional caps flexibility

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... system delivers a poor result for people with volatile incomes - those with broken work patterns, especially women, small business owners or farmers whose income can fluctuate widely. These people may be able to make significant contributions to superannuation ...

NAB partners with University of Melbourne

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... Developed in conjunction with Australian start-up Maestrano, NAB Business in One is a cloud-based digital platform for small business customers. The product synchronises data across a number of applications to provide users with a central, customisable ...

Republican brands Dodd-Frank "regulatory waterboarding"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
A top House Republican has accused the Obama administration of engaging in "regulatory waterboarding" when it comes to monitoring banks. House Financial Services Committee chairman Jeb Hensarling said the Dodd-Frank reforms, which increase the oversight ...

SuperStream sees 70% of member contributions

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... APRA-regulated funds in onboarding employers to this new system and expect momentum to continue through to the small business deadline of 30 June 2016." He added, "The results confirm what we have been seeing in other data we monitor. Most large and ...

Governance reform not targeting industry funds: O'Dwyer

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Small Business Kelly O'Dwyer has insisted the proposed governance reforms for superannuation funds are not targeting the not-for-profit sector in a speech where she cited the privacy breach at Cbus as a sign that ...

ANZ cash profit up, net down

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
ANZ has announced an unaudited cash profit of $1.85 billion in the three months to 31 December 2015, up 4% on the prior corresponding period. Statutory net profit was $1.6 billion, down slightly from the $1.65 billion reported for the December 2014 ...