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First Super appoints board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... Bill Watson said Chatfield had a tremendous track record of serving the community and working to stimulate economic development in a regional context. "Tim is an inspiring community leader who contributes across an extraordinary number of public policy ...

Rethink the great Australian dream: Report

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... socioeconomic households forced out of cities, according to CEDA. In its latest report, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia painted a dire picture of Australia's housing future, where demand pressures are likely continue in capital cities ...

Not showing: inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... message of his speech on the aptly themed "Global Influences on Domestic Monetary Policy" at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) Mid-Year Economic Update conference in Adelaide. To add, not only would an appreciating exchange rate ...

Australia can benefit from Brexit and Trump

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... should consider increasing investment in Asia's emerging markets. The latest report from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) shows Australian investors concerned with trade barriers resulting from Brexit and the Trump administration ...

Sovereign wealth fund growth steady

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... and so many are looking to set up and advance their own state-backed entities to assist the nation's socio-economic development and diversify exposure away from a reliance on one source," Sy explained. "As such, we may see sovereign wealth funds increasingly ...

Listed infrastructure has winners and losers

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
An evaluation of listed infrastructure is becoming ever more difficult as market conditions in the past year highlight how diverse the asset class is, toppled with the lack of a commonly accepted benchmark. In its recent Infrastructure Securities Sector ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... improvement from the 1.2% drop in the first quarter, helped by higher crude oil prices. Russia's Ministry of Economic Development expects the economy to contract by 0.2% in 2016 as growth improves to 0% in the third quarter and by 1.2% in the December ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... decade. Canada's resource sector is a major employer of Canada's Aboriginal people and major contributor to economic development in Canada's northern regions. Indonesia keen to promote PPP infra Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has said he is open to ...

QTC board appoints former Credit Suisse exec

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... Australian Treasury departments, where he was responsible for managing the state budgets and broader fiscal and economic development," Pitt said. Bradley served as Under Treasurer for both the Queensland and South Australian Treasuries and has worked ...

State governments must divest energy networks: CEDA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia is recommending each state government divest or privatise the provision of energy network services, a move that would open opportunities for infrastructure investors. CEDA says to usher in a new phase ...