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Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... end of the JobKeeper scheme at the end of March....and more, much more than this, the survey was conducted before the federal Treasury's spending splurge announced in the 2021/22 budget on May 11. But as Ella Fitzgerald sings, "into each life some ...

Budget no cure for hangover from last one

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... Superannuation Trustees policy expert has laid out just how much work super funds have ahead of them in dealing with the last two federal budgets. AIST head of advocacy Mel Birks updated the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds on what the latest ...

ASIC bans Theta managing director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... the responsible entity of the Sterling Income Trust (SIT), which ASIC commenced civil penalty proceedings against in the Federal Court of Western Australia. SIT is a registered managed investment scheme that invested in property targeting mums and dads. ...

AFCA welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... chair of the Australian Advanced Manufacturing Council, and chair of the Aged Care Workforce Strategy Taskforce for the federal government. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2018 for his contribution to manufacturing, education ...

ASIC to wind up PE Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... that, ASIC claims PE Capital made misleading and deceptive statements in product disclosure statements. ASIC wants the Federal Court to wind up PE Capital and its unregistered schemes and obtain declarations that the company acted in contravention of ...

Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard's recent virtual presentation provided a timely venue for the Fed to push back on inflation fears that drove equity markets down a day before. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' ...

Chief economist update: Inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... (the highest since March this year) and the US dollar index rose by 0.7% to 90.8. The fear du' jour is that the US Federal Reserve might start withdrawing policy accommodation sooner than its peddling, sparked by resurgent concerns over inflation. ...

Advice practices set to benefit from tax cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... Small business owners, like financial planners, are set to benefit from the 30% tax rate reducing to 25% from 1 July 2021. Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg also announced last night that temporary full expensing has been extended until 30 June 2023. ...

Chief economist update: Frydenberg spends big

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... pandemic is not over. For as long as the virus persists, so will we. So tonight, we go further." This is according to federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg, who last night, went further, announcing a spending splurge of around 74.6 billion in order secure ...

No big losers in FY22 budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Just about everyone is a winner in this year's federal budget, with treasurer Josh Frydenberg extending tax cuts, significant measures to enhance women's economic security and a $15 billion infrastructure spend. Delivering the 2021/22 federal ...