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Structural reforms necessary despite global shocks: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026

... reasons. The core remained intact and for good reasons as well." Budgets are typically sketched out in summer and locked in autumn. Chalmers noted a large part of the work done prior to the Middle East conflict did feature in the Federal Budget presented ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN | MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025

... the governing party gaining favour, and in France where it looks like fiscal tensions are expected to resurface in the autumn," she says. "One bright spot on the fiscal front is the European periphery, such as Greece and Portugal, which have seen dramatic ...

Norway sovereign wealth fund divests 11 Israeli companies, cuts mandates

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025

... with more than 60 companies to raise this issue. Of these, 39 dialogues were related to the West Bank and Gaza. In the autumn of 2024, we further intensified the monitoring of our investments in Israeli companies. As a result, we have sold our investments ...

Chief economist update: How do you solve a problem like Australia's housing?

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021

... hands and thanking their lucky stars. Those who don't are still pounding the pavement - winter, spring, summer and autumn - wishin' and hopin' and prayin' that one day, someday, they, too, will have the "Great Australian Dream" turn into ...

Chief economist update: Light at the end of the Euro tunnel

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021

... countries would be 3.8% this year and in 2022 after contracting by 6.8% in 2020. This compares with the Commission's Autumn 2020's forecasts "that the euro area economy will contract by 7.8% in 2020 before growing 4.2% in 2021 and 3% in 2022". ...

Chief economist update: ECB bids farewell to QE

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018

... raising the key ECB interest rates" is speculated to be sometime during the late summer of 2019 or "before the last leaf of autumn touched the ground, touched the ground." (The Cascades). To be sure, the ECB has boxed itself into a corner. Reneging on ...

Expecting the expected

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017

... warned that fourth quarter growth could come in lower than the third quarter's 0.4% gain but "he measures announced in the Autumn Budget will lessen the drag on aggregate demand stemming from fiscal consolidation" and raise GDP growth by about 0.3 percentage ...

Euro strength is a source of weakness

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017

... strength. But despite the euro's strength, Draghi still mentioned that discussions on QE tapering are likely to start this autumn. It has no other choice for the programme is set to run only until the end of December this year. But while financial markets ...

Labor renews calls for banking Royal Commission

EMMA RAPAPORT | MONDAY, 24 APR 2017

... financial services sector, ranging from consumers to small businesses, and is due for report by the last sitting day of the autumn sittings in 2018.

NZ manager launches QROPS scheme

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016

... chief executive Ralph Stewart said. "We think the removal of the 70% income for life requirement, as indicated in the UK Autumn policy statement, provides increased certainty for NZ based superannuation schemes and removes confusion for investors." HMRC ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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