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Chief economist update: RBA sees wages growth recovering but it's not guaranteed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... questions Luci Ellis - RBA Assistant Governor (Economic) - tried to answer in her address to the ABE Conference in Sydney yesterday. "How resilient will consumption growth be if income growth stays weak?" Ellis asked. "Our central forecast is that this ...

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... correction - down from their respective 52-week highs by 10.4% and 10.2%, respectively. Just as I scribbled on this space yesterday, we might be in for a little bit more before the dust settles, the unbelievers fold and bargain hunters go a-shopping. ...

Government passes BEAR reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
The Banking Executive Accountability Regime legislation was passed in the Senate yesterday. The legislation aims to incentivise good behaviour and ensure banks and individuals are held accountable for their actions if they fail to meet the expected ...

Responsible investment here to stay: Experts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... broader sample of funds in most of the cases," Lim said. The comments were made at a BetaShares media briefing in Sydney yesterday. The event examined increases in demand for ethical funds, the investment case for investing ethically, and the varying ...

CBA embroiled in rate-rigging allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... bank bill swap reference rate (BBSW) and engaged in unconscionable conduct. ASIC initiated civil penalty proceedings yesterday, alleging CBA traded a large number of its products with the intention to influence the BBSW on three specific occasions between ...

SG Hiscock wins small cap mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... an Australian boutique multi-manager. Following on from its investment in Supervised Investments' Global Income Fund yesterday, Alpha Fund Managers has now made an allocation to SG Hiscock's SGH Emerging Companies Fund. The fund invests in ASX-listed ...

Crowdfunding investment opportunity unleashed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... public in exchange for equity following the regulators issuance of the first batch of crowdfunding intermediary licences. Yesterday ASIC granted licenses to seven platforms: Big Start, Billfolda, Birchal Financial Services, Equitise, Global Funding Partners ...

VFMC appoints former Franklin Templeton MD

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... is joining the board of Victorian Funds Management Corporation. VFMC chair James MacKenzie announced the appointment yesterday and said Wilton would deepen "the strong commercial and public sector experience of the board." "In particular, Wilton brings ...

IMF ramps up funding for CBA class action

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... money laundering and counter-terrorism financing levelled by the regulator. In an amended statement of claim released yesterday, AUSTRAC filed a further 100 alleged breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing legislation (AML/CTF) ...

Ho ho hum MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... specifically the time Budget 2017-18 was released last May to the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) released yesterday. The difference is A$5.8 billion. This is the improvement in the country's budget deficit forecast for 2017-18 - from the ...