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Not safe to launch: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... normal circumstances often don't get off the ground. With the regulator concerned new entrants won't survive the winter, it said the issuance of new licences would be suspended for at least six months. "In licensing new entrants to the prudentially-regulated ...

Westpac hit with another class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... confirmed it has been hit with another class action relating to the AUSTRAC scandal. The class action, brought by Johnson Winter & Slattery, has been filed on behalf of certain shareholders who acquired interest in Westpac securities or equity swap confirmations ...

Chief economist update: It's Christmas time in the city

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... months. "Later on We'll conspire As we dream by the fire To face unafraid The plans that we've made Walking in a winter wonderland."

Another winter of Australian discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
It would be the winter of discontent for Australia's agriculture sector if Rabobank's latest 'Australian Winter Crop Outlook' report is any guide. The specialist agribusiness bank predicts that the country's national harvest would ...

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... guesstimates for HICP inflation to rise to 1.5% in 2019 and 1.7% in 2020. But as the EU Commission's latest press release -- Winter 2019 Economic Forecast: growth moderates amid global uncertainties - pointed out: "A high level of uncertainty surrounds ...

Grattan says Aussies retiring comfortably, ISA responds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... poverty line as relatively generous. "The Grattan analysis in effect wants people in retirement not to have heating in winter, not to take vacations, to get rid of the car, and skimp on prescriptions and other out-of-pocket health care costs," Fahy said. ...

Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
It would be the winter of Australia's agriculture sector if Rabobank's 'Winter Crop Production Outlook' report is any guide. The specialist agribusiness bank predicts that the country's national harvest would drop by 23% in the 2018/19 ...

The joys of an independent board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
What value does an independent board of directors add to an investment company? That's a question that directors of top UK investment companies met to answer yesterday. At a conference organised by 86-year old Association of Investment Companies (AIC) ...

Chief economist update: Trade war and peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair." - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities If I didn't know better, I would say that Charles Dickens was describing ...

Chief economist update: The uncertainty that is Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair," Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. It still is the best of times for the US economy for in spite of President ...