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ASIC enters new era as industry funding model passes

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
The ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2017, which will enable the regulator to recoup costs from the industries it supervises, has been passed into law. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said the passing of the bill reflects ...

Better, but not good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... (OECD) sees developments in the global economy. The OECD also answered its own question - "Will risks derail the modest recovery?" - initially posted in March's Interim Economic Outlook. In its June report, the OECD declared that it expects a modest ...

No spend, no inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... Monetary Policy Meeting on April 26 and 27, 2017', released on the 10th of May, the BOJ no longer spoke of an economic "recovery", instead it talked about an economic "expansion" - the most optimistic the BOJ had been in nine years - and of above-potential ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... that, "It's true that growth is improving, things are going better. In 2016 we were speaking of a fragile and uneven recovery. Now it's solid and broad". True that also. The region's unemployment rate have dropped from a high of 12.1% for years ago to ...

Global infrastructure need deepens profit opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... yields rise, it quickly recovers as 'user pays' assets tend to outperform as a result of being geared for growth and macro recovery. "Similarly, as bond yields start declining, investors look for defensive havens and infrastructure assets outperform. ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... Monetary Policy Meeting on April 26 and 27, 2017', released on the 10th of May, the BOJ no longer spoke of an economic "recovery", instead it talked about an economic "expansion" - the most optimistic the BOJ had been in nine years - and of above-potential ...

Government debt on its way to $606bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... growing faster than outlays enables expenditure as a share of GDP to hold the line at 25%. Paying for this long road to recovery is the $105 billion increase in Commonwealth government securities on issue. In 2021 these will be more than twice what they ...

Government pushes ahead with new ASIC funding model

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
The Federal Government has released its exposure draft legislation for ASIC's new industry-funded cost recovery model. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said the model represents "the next step in meeting the Government's commitment ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... Economic Outlook report update last month which stated that, "With buoyant financial markets and a long-awaited cyclical recovery in manufacturing and trade under way, world growth is projected to rise from 3.1 percent in 2016 to 3.5 percent in 2017 ...

AIA launches flexible premium structure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... test and develop the new feature. The premium structure is available on life cover as well as linked TPD and/or crisis recovery benefits, including where benefits are taken out through AIA's Superannuation PLUS or Maximiser.