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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... attitude to lending in certain segments". A sharp 5.0% drop in the value of loans to property investors in April - undoubtedly impacted by tighter lending criteria resulting from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) macro-prudential ...

Top companies still in the dark on ESG

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... activists, we are encouraging boards to pay more attention to ESG reporting," Rolfe said. Rolfe said ESG reporting is undoubtedly a challenge in itself given the current over-crowding on board agendas with culture, IT/cyber security, diversity and board ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... lowest level in 12 months -- in March versus the lowest prediction 1.175 million. Taken at face value, these numbers undoubtedly paint a picture of a slowing economy - housing, after all, has a big multiplier effect on the economy. But housing starts ...

Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... dogma, NIRP is possibly one of the major catalysts behind the tightening in global financial conditions. While NIRP undoubtedly helps lower government bond yields, which in isolation represents a loosening of financial conditions, it may be causing the ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... analysis, can be automated right now with current technology," the report said. "Our work indicates that some roles will undoubtedly change markedly and that certain occupations are particularly prone to layoffs; positions in operations and administrative ...

ASIC forms its views on MySuper dashboards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... understand and compare funds they provide a resource that was considered to be highly valuable. The dashboard testing will undoubtedly form part of ASIC's submission to draft legislation and a consultation paper released by the federal government yesterday. ...

Aussie fintechs sell to grow

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... platform becoming "the eBay/Freelancer of the SMSF space but with all the core technology provided free of charge." It is undoubtedly a big call but Porter put forward a good case. "Mclowd has about $720,000 in capital on the balance sheet, and I think ...

SIV opens door to China for fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
The revised Significant Investor Visa (SIV) will undoubtedly bring benefits to parts of the economy in need of investment but also knock-on opportunities for fund managers specialising in the scheme to get access to investments in China. The new rules ...

Temporary trial separation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... see the potential for disruption that could affect the European outlook and global financial markets. There would undoubtedly be spillovers to the US that would affect our outlook as well." Now that Greece is out of the way (albeit, until a deal is signed ...