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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... reverse, including commercial and residential real estate transactions, car purchases, and business investment. As the Committee has previously noted, potential referendum effects are making economic data releases more difficult to interpret, and the ...

State governments must divest energy networks: CEDA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia is recommending each state government divest or privatise the provision of energy network services, a move that would open opportunities for infrastructure investors. CEDA says to usher in a new phase ...

IFM appoints responsible investment director

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... community partnerships and products for the same company, having been chair of Reclink Australia's finance, audit and risk committee beforehand. He was also principal economic adviser at the Office of the Premier of Victoria and has held roles at Transurban ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... performance of the economy increases the likelihood of achieving the DBCC-approved [Development Budget Coordination Committee] GDP growth projection of 6.8% to7.8 percent for full year 2016, despite the weak agriculture and fishery sector". The latest ...

PROFILE: Mercer senior partner David Knox

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... In the same year Kevin Rudd began his first term as Prime Minister, David Knox wrote a paper in conjunction with the Committee for Economic Development of Australia that called for the pension age to be lifted to 67. Among other recommendations, the ...

Super flagged to repair Australia's budget

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has put forward five options for repairing the federal budget balance by 2018, two of which centre around superannuation taxes. CEDA's first budget repair option includes a progressive super ...

Governance reform not targeting industry funds: O'Dwyer

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... privacy breach at Cbus as a sign that the current system is "out of step" with the rest of the economy. Addressing the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) in Melbourne, O'Dwyer said having independent directors on boards was critical ...

Investor group welcomes carbon disclosure inquiry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016

Bad news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... "Republican-on-Republican violence." The last time the America closed for business was in October 1-16, 2013. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) later estimated that the shutdown took around 0.3% off US fourth quarter real GDP. And that's just ...

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... the European Central Bank (ECB). RBA Gov Glenn presented his rationale before the Australian Parliament's economics committee on why the Fed should lift: "The argument is that as the vehicle is speeding up, you don't need the foot to the floor anymore. ...