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Chief economist update: UK economy slows on Brexit woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... data, which may therefore provide less of a signal about the medium-term outlook. Heightened uncertainty and elevated bank funding costs are assumed to subside over time, as greater clarity on future trading arrangements is assumed to emerge. These developments ...

Treasury initiates review post RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... Services with a commitment that totals $64 million over 4.5 years. However, the services lean on short-term grant based funding streams, fragmented delivery and high demand. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne did not make a specific recommendation on them in ...

Royal Commission to suppress bank stocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... banking sector with this backdrop, as they are cycling low bad debt charges and face higher regulatory capital, and higher funding and compliance costs," she told a media briefing recently. Figures from the Australian Shareholders' Association show ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... deal with the US Congress to end the record 35 days of partial government shutdown despite not getting his way - i.e. funding to build a wall. What he agreed to open would be shut again after three weeks - until 15 February - should Congress still refuse ...

Pacific Current Group expands US investment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... as well as the additional diversification it adds to our portfolio." PAC confirmed its 10% interest was in exchange for funding US$1.075m of a US$2.575m total commitment. The firm retains the ability to acquire a further 15% of equity at a later date ...

VC investments in Australia hit record high

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
Latest KPMG research shows the amount of venture capital funding invested in Australia last year hit a record high, with about $1.2 billion invested. However despite the record result, Australian venture capital investing is just a slither of the overall ...

Labor reforms to increase welfare dependency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... drive many retirees on to welfare, an outcome that is the antithesis of our superannuation system - people being self-funding in retirement. It also further undermines confidence in the superannuation system." From an economic standpoint, the proposal ...

SelfWealth launches ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... approval. ETF Securities Australia and its parent company ETFS Capital are backing SELF by providing $100 million in seed funding. ETF Securities Australia will act as the responsible entity. SelfWealth chief executive Andrew Ward said SELF will be constructed ...

Engagement should be easier: Productivity Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... financial literacy in Australia, with the report recommending financial literacy programs be evaluated to determine their funding. Another recommendation includes creating an independent member advocacy body, to give superannuation members a definitive ...

Member outreach boosts post-merger integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
... an area of specialisation and a process that requires proper actuarial work to ensure complete benefits are intact and funding levels are right, Brooks pointed out. Employers underwriting these schemes carry the investment risk associated with them and ...