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Superannuation bills on hold

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... voluntarily disclose historical SG non-compliance and pay employees' full entitlements, including individual shortfall, nominal interest, and any related general interest charge on unpaid amounts of SG. To qualify for the amnesty, employers must disclose ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore up or iron ore down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... for Australia or as the Budget Papers put it, along with other commodity prices, "a key uncertainty in the outlook for nominal GDP." The Budget Strategy and Outlook 2018-19 paper forecasts iron ore prices of US$55/tonne in 2018/19 and 2019/2020 while ...

Bill Gross announces retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... Gross took over management of the unconstrained strategy it has underperformed its three-month Libor benchmark, though nominal performance has been positive, the asset manager noted. However, his existing total return strategy has outperformed its US ...

Chief economist update: The curse of Japan's consumption tax hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... months and follows a 0.1% decline in October. However, the improvement in real wages is as much due to the increase in nominal pay as well as the recent retreat in Japanese consumer prices. Headline CPI inflation slowed to 0.8 in the year to November ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... peaking at 2.3% in July this year. And inflation expectations? They've dropped - based on the yield differential between nominal 10-year bonds and TIPS - to 1.8% currently from 2% at the start of 2018 and a high of 2.19% in May this year. "Financial ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... recent domestic data - growth, inflation, interest rates - required by the rule in calculating the "appropriate level" of nominal interest rates in Australia, the Taylor Rule says, the official cash rate should be at 1.375%.

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... with the definition of aggressive. How aggressive? US inflation expectations - derived from the differential between US nominal bond yields and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) shows how aggressive. And this, when the fed funds rate is ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... funds, doesn't invest directly in Woolworths for example. Palmer says Australian Ethical, via its Advocacy Fund, holds nominal shares in Woolworths that allows it to vote at its AGM. While Australian Ethical doesn't regularly engage with Woolworths ...

Chief economist update: Faster wages growth a one-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... wages growth in the September quarter outpaced that of inflation (1.9% in the year to the third quarter). Real wages - nominal wages growth less headline inflation - has accelerated to 0.25% in the September quarter from 0.06% in the previous one. This ...

Unpaid super penalties too light: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... employers take the risk knowing they won't be caught or even if they are simply pay what they should have paid anyway (with nominal interest) and walk away." He went on to say the $20 per employee administrative penalty which the ATO is "now apparently ...