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Commonwealth Bank names chief economist

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... into Australia's macroeconomic environment. "We are delighted to welcome Luke to Commonwealth Bank." Yeaman will succeed Stephen Halmarick, who announced plans to depart the bank in August. Halmarick spent 15 years at CBA, serving as chief economist ...

Treasury gives Tranche 2 reform package preview

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... package of reforms is aimed at making affordable financial advice available to everyone, minister for financial services Stephen Jones said. It comes about six months after the first tranche of reforms passed parliament in early July. First and foremost ...

'New class of advisers' need clear-cut distinction: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... Abood proposed some ground rules around the advice NCAs should and should not be able to provide. Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones first called them "Qualified Advisers", much to the criticism of the industry and later assured this was subject to change. ...

Chalmers teases superannuation update

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... rolling out cost-of-living help at the same time as we reform our economy for the future. "We will have more to say - Stephen and I - later in the week around superannuation and the retirement phase, we will be hosting another investor roundtable on ...

Wages grow 3.5% for the year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... the first time annual wage growth had fallen below 4% since the June 2023 quarter. Commonwealth Bank senior economist Stephen Wu said the reading was softer than what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was expecting. "The big drop in the annual rate ...

Australian economy 'fundamentally sound': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... offset the fall seen in September as the October boost was driven by a number of one-off major events," CBA chief economist Stephen Halmarick said. Halmarick said household spending was unlikely to meaningfully move higher until there is an interest ...

intelliflo partners with Capital Preferences

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... interactive assessments to help advisers better understand client preferences backed by science and behavioural economics. Stephen Wirth, the Australia product strategy lead at intelliflo, said the integration helps advisers boost acquisition and retention ...

Fed cuts rates as Powell is questioned on Trump win

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... impact on both inflation and inflation expectations, likely necessitating a Fed response. Commonwealth Bank chief economist Stephen Halmarick said the bank is anticipating further interest rate cuts from the Fed. "We continue to expect a 25bp rate cut ...

Trump tariffs cause for concern among Australian investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... rate-cutting cycle. However, Trump's proposed trade tariffs could derail slowing inflation. GSFM investment specialist Stephen Miller said the RBA board has been vocal over its concerns around "sticky" inflation, and as the RBA generally follows the ...

US election: Global investors fear inflation boom

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... tackling the sticky inflation problem, but tariffs could drive the price of goods back up. GSFM investment specialist Stephen Miller said the stickiness of US inflation will likely be "exacerbated" by the policy agenda of Trump. "Certainly, Trump 2.0 ...