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It's painful, but it's working: Lowe

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... assist the goal to lower inflation. "The government had a very big increase in revenue both from what's happened with commodity prices, and with fiscal drag as inflation has pushed people up into higher tax brackets," Lowe explained. "It could have ...

ASIC issues stop orders to Saxo

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... retail clients to trade in those derivatives. The derivatives included single stock CFDs, FX CFDs, ETFs CFDs, Index CFDs, commodity futures CFDs, bond CFDs, index option CFDs and cryptocurrency derivatives. ASIC was concerned the TMDs for Saxo's ...

Fitch gives Labor budget AAA rating

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... of GDP FY23 deficit forecast in the October 2022 budget due to robust revenue from a strong labour market and buoyant commodity prices, combined with spending restraint." Fitch also weighed in on the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision and said ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... to ATO statistics, they paid two-thirds of all taxes paid by individuals. Company tax revenue, despite the surge in commodity prices in the first half of 2022-23 albeit that has now tempered, is still only 23% of total taxation receipts even though it's ...

Budget delivers surplus, with a catch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... is holding near 50-year lows of 3.5%, wages growth has picked up, and national income is being supported by elevated commodity prices, which are flowing through to higher export revenues." Although the Australian economy is expected to outperform all ...

Search funds beat VC, private equity returns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... experienced chief executives are mainly looking for low-risk business options; "So not cyclical, you don't want anything commodity exposed, or anything exposed to the broader market." WayFinder Capital founder Akram Sabbagh says initially there was one ...

Budget all about responsible economic management: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... "But also showing spending restraint in the budget, particularly when it comes to these revenue upgrades from higher commodity prices," he said. "Also, trimming spending where we think that we can get better value for money elsewhere. We did that in ...

ASIC cans Binance AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... civil enforcement action charging Changpeng Zhao, the group's chief executive, and three entities for violating the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations. The Monetary Authority of Singapore put Binance on an investor alert list, warning them that ...

US regulator sues crypto giant, chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
Binance and its chief executive Changpeng Zhao have been charged by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) following claims of "willful evasion of US law." The CFTC announced it filed a civil enforcement action in the US District Court against ...

Australian dividends surge in 2022: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... energy dividends are unlikely to repeat the sharp increases of 2022, while mining payouts will be dependent on underlying commodity process. "That said, the re-opening of China is likely to boost economic growth once the current wave of COVID-19 infections ...