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Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... Bank forecasts were no different. It, too, expected a slowdown, predicting 2017 growth of 6.5% in June last year before raising it (in January's report) to 6.8% (that also was a dollar short). At least, this time, they and many others have stuck to within ...

Venture capital sector booming but needs greater government support

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... to KPMG's International's Venture Pulse report. The final quarter of 2017 recorded significant deals, namely Spaceship raising $19.5 million and Airtasker receiving $25.72 million. Venture capitalists poured funding into artificial intelligence and machine ...

Chief economist update: Consumers don't spend on confidence alone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... went single. But perhaps the more direct cause was the Reserve Bank of Australia's (policy response), it continued to raising the official cash rate from what was then the all-time low of 3% in 2009 to 4.75% by the end of 2010 before it went on a rate ...

Pre-Christmas delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... 6% implies that the economy would be growing above its potential - the economy's maximum sustainable output - thereby raising inflationary pressures. The US Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest estimate of US potential output growth is 1.8%. Then ...

Perpetual wins new active ETF mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... managed fund. Montgomery Global Investment Management launched the Montgomery Global Equities Fund (MOGL) on the ASX after raising over $54 million, largely from retail investors. It invests in a portfolio of global companies and derives its strategy ...

Channel Capital hires distribution director

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
... and high net worth investors with access to Australia's secured private debt market and is targeting a maximum initial raising of $500 million for its first fund. "Revolution AM will provide investors unique access to the Australian private debt market ...

Channel Capital partners with Sahota to launch new boutique

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... and high net worth investors with access to Australia's secured private debt market and is targeting a maximum initial raising of $500 million for its first fund. Sahota has a strong track record of over 24 years in private debt, having previously been ...

SMEs lack cybersecurity resilience: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... cybersecurity risks seriously but smaller organisations still have a long way to go according to the corporate regulator raising greater awareness on the issue. ASIC's Report 555 shows about three-in-four (74%) of the 101 firms surveyed have robust IT ...

OECD tells RBA to take a hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... Morning Herald); "OECD says Australian economy ready for higher RBA rates" (The Australian Financial Review); "RBA to start raising cash rate in latter half of 2018, OECD tips" (The Australian). And rightfully so for there was no mistaking the words ...

Philanthropy at the heart of planning profession

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... help those in need. This year ten FPA members also took part in extreme hiking challenges in Tasmania, all in the name of raising money for disadvantaged Australian children through the Future2 Foundation, the FPA's philanthropic arm. Beyond its ongoing ...