Richard Holden

Jan 15, 2025 | mondaq.com | Richard Holden |Marc Seddon |Craig Macleod

Where a trustee is on notice of an adverse claim against trustassets by a third party, the trustee may be personally liable if itdeals with those assets in disregard of that claim (commonly knownas the "Guardian Trust principle"). On the other hand, beneficiaries of the trust may still clamourfor distributions, and the adverse claim has not been upheld yet– and may ultimately be rejected by the Court. In thosecircumstances, what is a trustee to do?

Jan 12, 2025 | afr.com | Richard Holden

There are probably just two Reserve Bank board meetings before the upcoming federal election. The first is on February 17-18, the second on March 31-Apil 1. The government obviously hopes the RBA will cut rates at one or both of those meetings. In fact, that’s the gamble it made when it came into office. But these won’t be two ordinary meetings. The newly constituted monetary policy board starting in March creates some interesting dynamics.

Jan 1, 2025 | afr.com | Richard Holden

OpinionThe treasurer made a bet he could spend expansively but still see multiple interest-rate cuts from the Reserve Bank before the next election. Richard HoldenEconomics professorJan 2, 2025 – 11.55am or Subscribe to save articleEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?

Dec 9, 2024 | afr.com | Richard Holden

As this government escalates its war with technology companies, it has proposed handing the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission a grab bag of sweeping powers to regulate platforms. And while there are a couple of good ideas in the bag, there are some very bad ones, too. Overall, there’s the potential to create a lot more harm than good. Loading...

Dec 7, 2024 | afr.com | Richard Holden

Not everyone pays the same price for the same stuff. Students and seniors get discounts on public transport and movie tickets. Netflix and Spotify charge different subscription rates in different countries. And, increasingly, we are subject to personalised pricing based on what sellers know about our personal information. Economists call this “price discrimination”. You might be surprised to know that sometimes it can often be good for consumers. In other cases, it’s good for sellers.