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AMP moves to reset business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... half of about $500 million. The group said this was as a result of growth across its wealth management business, though is offset by a recent deterioration in experience and one-off capitalised losses in Australian wealth protection. "Today's announcement ...

Chief economist update: A pretty picture of the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... increase - after the addition of 13,400 workers in the previous month. Full-time jobs increased by 41,200 which more than offset the loss of 19,900 staff in May. Part-time employment gained another 9700 positions in June after the 33,400 added in the ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil slips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... reports that Libyan ports have re-opened and that Russia and other oil producers could lift production by one million bpd to offset supply shortages. On top of these, news that US President Trump administration is thinking of tapping into its Strategic ...

Aussie fixed income managers with global teams outperform: Zenith

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... a relative advantage with respect to the timely research of offshore companies issuing bonds in Australia, this can be offset by a local player if they have superior interest rate management or savvy trading skills," Yap said.

Chief economist update: Should have sold in May and gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... The promised tax cuts on individual personal income should also help raise company revenues. This should partially partly offset continued stagnant growth in wages - the Wage Price Index (WPI) increased by 2.1% in the year to the March 2018 quarter ...

Chief economist update: Forget asking for a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
It's good and...it's bad. The statistician's estimates of the Australian labour market for April provide something to crow about for the optimists and the pessimists alike. As the bulls would have it (that includes the Coalition government ...

Budget big picture: Surplus on radar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
Treasurer Scott Morrison, in his third Commonwealth Budget reports that government receipts rising 8.6% during 2017-18, compared to expenditure rising 4.7%, leaves Australia with an annual deficit of $18.2 billion and on its way to a modest $2.2 billion ...

Application fees increase for tax advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
Increased funding for the Tax Practitioners Board will be offset by an increase in application fees for tax practitioners, including financial advisers. The Government said it would provide $20.1 million over four years from 2018-19 so as to assist ...

Royal Commission sees increased ASIC, APRA funding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... million over two years from 2017-18 and APRA will receive $2.7 million in 2018-19. The Government said these payments will be offset by a $2.7 million increase in APRA financial institutions supervisory levies in 2018-19 and $10.6 million recovered as ...

Chief economist update: Not as good as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... nearly 70% of US GDP) from an annualised rate 4.0% in the last quarter of 2017 to 1.1% in the March 2018 quarter. This was offset by a strong 7.3% jump in private investment in the March quarter that followed a 4.7% increase in the previous three-month ...