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Green light for $1b Cbus tower

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
Cbus Property has received approval from the Victorian government for a new $1 billion office tower in Melbourne's CBD. The permit-approved development will be known as 435 Bourke Street and will comprise 59,000 square metres of office space across ...

Former Wells Fargo chief banned for life

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... targets. The OCC has settled with the bank's former chief administrative officer and director of corporate human resources Hope Hardison, as well as former chief risk officer Michael Loughlin for their roles in the sales misconduct. The civil charges ...

The growing risk to financial advisers

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
Financial advisers must act to repair the trust deficit or risk being superseded by superannuation funds. That's according to advisory and accounting firm HLB Mann Judd's Michael Hutton, who warned of the threat the changes could have to financial ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... signalling that there's something very wrong in the economy. The Morrison government's increased fiscal spending offers hope.

Chief economist update: More from Morrison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... stitch it in time to save nine. No forethought, just the myopic view of getting that surplus and bragging about it in the hope of winning the next elections. The Fifth Estate wrote back in November 2019, the "return to surplus" is partly due to reduced ...

DIY SMSF platform launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
A new software application that enables trustees of SMSFs to manage their own fund has been launched. DIY Super Online (DIYSOL) was developed by accountant and SMSF trustee Jeff Bain who said the application was designed to save trustees money on accounting ...

Chief economist update: Happy New Year rat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... increased exports from the easing/reversal of the global growth slowdown. Everybody wins. Latest stats out of China also provide hope. The economy grew by 6.1% in 2019. While down from the previous year's 6.4% rate and the weakest growth rate in ...

Chief economist update: Fundamentally overvalued

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... the yield on 10-year bonds increased from a low of 5.1% in 2005 to a high of 6.3% in 2007. Today it's the reverse. The hope is that low interest rates, the Morrison government's recent commitment to spend and the overall reduction in uncertainty ...

Goldman Sachs $1b corruption bill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
Goldman Sachs has taken a fresh US$1 billion blow to its quarterly profit, as the bank foots the litigation bill for its involvement in the ongoing 1MDB corruption scandal. The US-based bank posted quarterly revenue of US$9.96 billion, beating expectations ...

RBA crushes hopes of Libra launch

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia will not allow tech giant Facebook to launch its cryptocurrency Libra in Australia until all risks and regulatory requirements have been mitigated. And even if these regulatory requirements were met there wouldn't be ...