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Lazard implements new leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
Lazard has promoted current chief executive of financial advisory Peter R. Orszag to the role of chief executive, while former chief executive and chair Kenneth M. Jacobs will step into the role of executive chair of the board. Orszag has served as ...

Fitch gives Labor budget AAA rating

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
For the first time under a Labor government, Fitch has handed down a AAA rating to the May budget. In a statement, Fitch applauded the government for its spending restraint and said the nation's public finances had outperformed expectations. "The commitment ...

Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
Stakeholder responses to the federal budget are mixed at best, with many believing key measures require further consideration and consultation. Perhaps the measure that will most impact the financial services industry, the government remained firm in ...

ASIC, APRA reviewer deprioritised by government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
Only two years on from its creation, the government is cutting the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority's funding, in a move that will see it only review the activities of ASIC and APRA every five years. The Authority, which commenced 1 July 2021 ...

What you need to know about the 2023-24 budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Cost of living pressures and the transition to clean energy took centre stage on federal budget night as the Labor Party unveiled a package of measures in response to mounting economic uncertainties. Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered the 2023-24 ...

Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Australia is one of the world's savviest and highest-performance institutional investor markets, and the way it has embraced climate active and ESG investment strategies is about to be supercharged. After almost a decade-and-a-half of climate and ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... 2027, and education spending is up 6% to $48 billion, but the big-ticket items that really drive Australia's federal budget - heath and social security and welfare - are up only 1% and 2% this year. Social security and welfare spending nevertheless ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
The federal government has delivered its second budget since coming into office last year, and as expected, cost of living support has featured prominently. So what has treasurer Jim Chalmers included in the 2023 federal budget when it comes to spending ...

Australia's enviable debt levels

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Australia's inflation rate, expected to fall from 6% now to 2.75% by 2025, shines a light on Australia's government interest payments and with it, Australia's relative debt position. At June end 2022, there was $895 billion in Australian government ...

Labor strengthens economic equality initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Women facing disadvantage are poised to benefit from this year's budget, as Labor promises to expand initiatives introduced in October 2022 that aim to tackle economic inequality. Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers introduced a number of measures on ...