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Frydenberg makes big promises for small business

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced a fast tracking of lower taxes for 3.4 million small and medium sized businesses, employing 7.1 million workers. The Treasurer said the Government will cut taxes for all business with an annual aggregated turnover ...

Macquarie reshuffles asset management lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... into MAM and merge with MIRA Real Estate, the 1H19 results said. Macquarie's group head of corporate and asset finance (CAF) principal finance, Ben Brazil, is stepping down from the role and the executive committee. He moving in as chair of CAF Principal ...

Cryptocurrencies on radar but not priority: RBA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
Cryptocurrency usage in Australia is currently not large enough to raise policy concerns for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), an official from the central bank said in Sydney yesterday. The Reserve Bank has closely followed developments in the crypto ...

US giant acquires Aussie super consulting business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
An NYSE-listed global insurance brokerage and risk management firm is acquiring an Australian superannuation consulting services company along with its technology-based sister firm as part of a continued play into the Australian wealth market. Arthur ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Australians all, let us rejoice! Our economy is in pole position. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report showed the economy expanded by 3.1% in the year to the March quarter, accelerating from the 2.4% in the previous ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe must be sporting a smile on his lips for just a day after the Board met on the April 3, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest report on retail spending and...it was good. The ...

Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
Toto, we're still in Kansas! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report showed the economy grew by 2.4% in the year to the December quarter - a tad slower than the 2.5% annual growth rate recorded in the same quarter of last ...

Government launches emerging market impact investment fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
A new impact investment fund aimed at leveraging private investment in small and medium enterprise in the Asia-Pacific region has been launched by the Australian Government. The $40 billion emerging markets impact investment fund will support SME's ...

Industry funds must renew aged care investment focus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
One of the top national lobby groups for older Australians has called for more involvement from industry superannuation funds in the aged care sector. At a roundtable hosted by Industry Super Australia and over 50s consumer group Council on the Ageing ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
Forget about the ANZ and NAB's call for the RBA to remove at least the "emergency accommodation" that brought the official cash rate to a record low of 1.5%. If the recent trend in Australian consumer spending - or in this case, not spending - continues ...