Marnie Baker: Take advantage of low rates
There has never been a better time for governments to borrow for infrastructure projects, says Bendigo Bank’s Marnie Baker.
There has never been a better time for governments to borrow for infrastructure projects, says Bendigo Bank’s Marnie Baker.
Staying ahead of the competition by investing in customer experience is high on the Tabcorp agenda, says David Attenborough.
This has clearly been a difficult year on the east coast, says Elders’ Mark Allison
Scentre boss Peter Allen says the mall business benefits from low-interest rates because its investors are looking for yield.
Companies love technology driven productivity improvements, but would welcome more incentives.
Solving the low rates challenge is big issue for managers of retirement savings, says Perpetual’s Rob Adams.
Economic focus should be on boosting employment and investing in people and projects, says Virgin’s Paul Scurrah.
Lower rates are helping cut Latitude Financial’s funding costs, says CEO Ahmed Fahour.
Commonwealth Bank CEO Matt Comyn says stimulating wages growth should be one of the priorities for the year ahead.
Mental health is as important as physical safety at work, says Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci.
Qantas chief Alan Joyce says company tax, climate change and industrial relations are the big issues faced by business in 2020.
ANZ’s Shayne Elliott says economic growth is now slower that what people are used to and rate cuts will take longer to work.
Restrictive trading hours in some markets are a brake on growth, says Coles’ Steven Cain.
Legacy regulation needs to be scaled back over time to boost the telecoms sector, says Telstra boss Andy Penn.
Australia seems to have an ambiguous position on incumbent firms and competition, says Vodafone boss Inaki Berroeta.
News Corp Australia’s Michael Miller says the economy is in need of some long-term planning.
Planning long term for a tech and knowledge worker economy is a top priority, says the WiseTech boss.
A company tax cut would be better for the economy than another RBA rate cut, says CCA’s Alison Watkins.
Low interest rates will impact the ability of businesses to find healthy growth yields, says Citibank CEO Marc Luet.
Low rates make it easier to invest, but policy needs to be stable to bring confidence, says Sigma’s Mark Hooper.
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