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Putting the local property boom in perspective

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... only Lithuania, New Zealand and Turkey." The last time Australia's mainstream market saw double-digit growth was in September 2017 with 10.2%,she said. "Australia is on the verge of reaching this status once again, with the cities dominating Australia's ...

Chief economist update: US inflation may not be as transitory as the Fed believes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... above market expectations for a 0.2% gain - taking the annual headline inflation rate to 4.2% (the fastest rate since September 2008) from 2.6% in the previous month. 'twas the same this month, US employment disappointed. Only 559,000 jobs were generated ...

Mergers push member positivity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... most significant is the QSuper and Sunsuper merger which will create a roughly $200 billion fund when it completes in September. The executive line-up for the post-merged entity was named earlier this week. LGIAsuper will scale up to a $28 billion fund ...

Sunsuper, QSuper appoint leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... McCullagh, Beth Mohle, Kate Ruttiman, Michael Traill and Georgina Williams. It's anticipated the merger will complete in September this year.

Bloomberg expands equity indices

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... capabilities. It is the latest update since the multi-national markets and media giant published its US benchmarks in September 2019. The new Bloomberg emerging market benchmarks are weighted by free-float market cap, includes 26 countries, and represents ...

Chief economist update: The devil's in the headline US payrolls number details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... Street Journal put it last month: "Average unemployment recipient receiving federal enhancement (which continues to September) earns above the $15/hr federal minimum wage". It's a no-brainer. Work for US$15/hour - with all the attendant costs of ...

Premiums to increase at ESSSuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... would not affect any policy terms and conditions, or how policyholders and customers do business with their insurer. In September 2020, Commonwealth Bank (CBA) received a payment of approximately $450 million for the sale of CommInsure. It followed a ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... higher from a year before - the first year-on-year increase sine the June quarter of 2018 and the fastest since the September quarter of 2017. Australian businesses - big and small - have every reason to be confident because Australian consumers are ...

Chief economist update: RBA cash rate on ice until 2024

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... purchases following the completion of the second $100 billion of purchases under the government bond purchase program in September," it has said. Then again, it doesn't hurt to replay the RBA's rosy narrative that Australia's economic recovery ...

Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... half of 2022 but only if the unemployment rate doesn't pick up after the government's furlough scheme ends on September 30 this year. But as the BOE warned at its May meeting, the economic outlook remains uncertain and depends on the "evolution ...