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Chief economist update: Japan becomes collateral damage in US-China trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... crossfire and others treated as collateral damage. The global stock market rout that developed as a result of the renewed "little squabble" (as Trump recently put it) between the US and China is evidence enough that no country is safe from the higher ...

Chief economist update: The tweet that reignited the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... additional goods sent to us by China remain untaxed, but will be shortly, at a rate of 25%. The Tariffs paid to the USA have had little impact on product cost, mostly borne by China. The Trade Deal with China continues, but too slowly, as they attempt ...

APRA self-assesses shortcomings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... membership demographics and insurance design has occurred, improvements have been "slow." Many insurers and super funds gave little consideration to insurance strategy until work commenced on the voluntary industry insurance code of practice. Board governance ...

Boutique fund manager launches LIT

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... market neutral strategy, a high conviction, fundamental strategy that seeks to maximise returns with moderate risk and little correlation to the broader equity markets. However, King said Regal may adjust the investment strategy allocations from time ...

Income only falls by 11% in retirement: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... "Retirement incomes for low- income workers would increase by around 2.5%, but most low- and middle-income workers would see very little change in their retirement incomes, because lower Age Pension payments would largely erode the increase in income ...

Technical Services Forum: Keep advisers informed of change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... consideration of whether - practically - they could actually service that many customers and that in itself was considered to be a little dishonest. Or a lot dishonest," she said.

Institutions fail to adequately manage social risk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... focus of the Royal Commission. Laughlin and Bernau said the loss of social capital has occurred suddenly and quickly, with little or no warning provided by current management indicators and reporting. "Indicators and reporting have proven to be backward-looking ...

Colonial acquisition cost CBA shareholders $53bn: Merlon

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... is difficult to estimate what would have happened in the absence of the transaction, the implication is that there was little net benefit in the long run," Carlisle said. Operating expenses climbed up after the acquisition, growing by 5% compounded annually ...

Record tax receipts, record outlays yet back to surplus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... company taxes; 8% reliance on excise; and 7% reliance on asset sales, interest and dividends. As a result the government has little choice but to return revenue to individual taxpayers by way of tax cuts. Reinforcing this, this financial year tax payments ...

Protecting Your Super Package will cross finish line: Treasurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... reforms in this Budget do not address the problems women and men who earn low incomes and approach retirement with very little or no super face. "Data from four large industry funds indicate that less than 10% of men and women make voluntary contributions ...