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Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe is set to be remembered in history as the man who took Australia's official cash rate from a historic low of 1.5% - set under Glen Stevens one month before he stepped down as RBA head honcho in September ...

Liberal win stuns, ASX rallies: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... T. Rowe Price Randal Jenneke said Australians voted for growth and jobs over a radical policy agenda offered by the Labor Party. "This message came loud and clear particularly from the outer suburbs of our capital cities and regional areas. In particular ...

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
"Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%"! This was my piece published on 7 March 2019, based on the 'Taylor Rule' and plugging in Australia's growth and inflation parameters at the time. It took two months and a few days before Reserve ...

Industry responds to election outcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... victory, viewing the result as business as usual. In a shock result to many, the Coalition defeated Bill Shorten's Labor Party in the Federal election over the weekend. In response, Saxo Capital Markets Australian markets strategist Eleanor Creagh believes ...

Labor policies boost superannuation agenda

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... Australians' retirement outcomes will be better off under Labor's policies. Following years of continuous reforms, the Labor party is looking to implement further changes compared to the Liberals. The AIST said it supports the following Labor ...

Super, life risk face election test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... Chartered Accountants superannuation director Brett Griffiths. Despite years, even decades, of continuous reform, the Labor party is looking to implement further changes. Proposed measures include the lowering of the high-income super contribution threshold ...

ASIC dismisses Royal Commission insider trading reports

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... parliament there was no insider trading around the release of the Royal Commission's final report. This comes after the Labor party suggested insider trading was responsible for bank stocks rising immediately on the back of Kenneth Hayne's report. Senator ...

Macquarie axes SMSF residential property loans

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... by the limited recourse borrowing arrangement between the SMSF and a related party, an associate to the fund. The Labor party have also indicated that they plan to effectively ban all new limited recourse borrowing arrangements in SMSFs if they are e ...

Labor responds to Royal Commission final report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
The Labor Party will look to ban the payment of grandfathered commissions by January 2020 if successful at the upcoming Federal election. Responding to the final report, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said the party has already tabled a bill to end the ...

Royal Commission and its one canoe message is on point

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... SMSF sector, and intended to shrink it by forcing people into APRA regulated funds. "90% of the franking credits the Labor Party are seeking to claw back are from self-managed super funds," Robert said. "My cautionary message to you is this. In terms ...