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Members' interests bill sits on the precipice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... Craig Kelly, Andrew Hastie, Barnaby Joyce and Jason Falinski. "We are now seeing members of the coalition, including the Prime Minister and Treasurer, prevaricating on whether the scheduled increase in the superannuation guarantee to 12% will go ahead. ...

Senate creates committee on fintech, regtech

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... compliance in the wake of the Hayne Royal Commission. At a Q&A session at the Institute of Public Administration last month, Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke about how regtech could demystify the regulatory process of all three layers of Australian ...

Former Wallaby joins Invast Global

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... coaching director, Rod Kafer, has hung up the boots for a new role at Invast Global. Kafer has been appointed director, Prime Services for the disruptor investment bank. Prior to working at Rugby Australia Kafer worked as a proprietary trader and has ...

Chief economist update: 'Paradox of Thrift' in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... 123.9 in May 2007 to 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 ...

Chief economist update: Economy slows to decade low but still tops the pops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
There were no back-patting and self-congratulatory remarks this time from Australia's Prime Minister and Treasurer for the Australian National Accounts show that it wasn't a "wonderful set of numbers". Instead, with economic growth slowing to ...

Northern Trust hires from State Street

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... Northern Trust is the sixth-largest custodian in Australia, with an 11.5% share of Australia's total custody assets and prime government clients such as Future Fund, QIC, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC), Government Employees Superannuation ...

Chief economist update: The fear of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... death itself." Yes Virginia, you know where I'm going with this. Brexit - the "no-deal" variety - is all but assured. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement suspending Parliament from September 11th to October 14th - when the Queen of ...

New Zealand maintains pension age

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is firmly keeping the eligible pension age at 65 years old as other countries make it tougher to qualify for the pension. In an interview with Radio New Zealand, the leader of the Labour Party argued that if ...

Chief economist update: What price Australian budget surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... on the "promise" that has eluded four Federal Treasurers - Wayne Swan, Chris Bowen, Joe Hockey, and Scott Morrison (now prime minister) - before him. According to the Budget Papers 2019-2020, Australia's underlying cash balance would be A$7.1 billion ...

Boutique launches new fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... boutique fund manager has launched a new income fund that provides an alternative to low-yielding cash and term deposits. Prime Value's Diversified High Yield Fund, which launched on August 1, aims to provide investors with a return of 4% per annum ...