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Interest rate hikes are working: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock defended the central bank's use of monetary policy and hiking interest rates amid many challenges that looks to keep inflation at stubborn levels over the next two years. Speaking at the ASIC Annual ...

Tax miners, major corporates to tackle housing shortage: CFMEU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) is calling for the introduction of a $28 billion annual super profits tax to close the gap in social and affordable housing. The CFMEU commissioned Oxford Independent Economics to ...

ASIC permanently bans David Sutton

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
ASIC has permanently banned David Sutton from providing any financial services and disqualified him from managing corporations for five years. The regulator also cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of McFaddens Securities, now ...

Australia-UK FTA a boon for local business

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
Local businesses are poised to reap from the Australia's free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom which came into effect on May 31. Some 99% of Australian products will enter the UK duty free thanks to the deal that was signed on 17 December ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
To understand how the 2023-24 federal budget was built, you need to understand its 2022-23 foundations because just five taxes accounted for 97% of all taxation revenue and just six programs accounted for 71% of all expenditures, with the biggest two ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
These are just some of the recommendations from Grattan Institute ahead of the federal budget, which also include counting more of the family home in the aged pension assets and residential aged care means tests. With Australia on course for 25 straight ...

Australian dividends surge in 2022: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
Australian dividends rose to a new record last year and investors reaped the benefits taking home a collective $97.7 billion in payouts. According to Janus Henderson, the increase was complemented by an 8.4% rise in global dividends which grew strongly ...

KKR, Mubadala in $1.6bn APAC partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
KKR and sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company are exploring private credit co-investment opportunities in the Asia Pacific region. The two entities have signed a strategic partnership aimed at deploying at least $1.58 billion (US$1bn) of capital ...

Consumer confidence jitters abate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
Consumer confidence has increased to its highest level in nearly four months, according to Roy Morgan. While still significantly down from the same week a year ago, the ANZ Roy Morgan Index shows consumer confidence rose by 1.8 points to 87.8 this week. ...

How Australians are losing retirement returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
Australians are missing out on potential retirement returns by not regularly salary sacrificing, according to new research by Finder. A Finder survey has shown 86% of Australians don't top up their super fund regularly. What's more, it found only one ...