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Chief economist update: Australian wages slow but still grow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... to a reading of 107.7 points in November from 105.0 in the previous month and sharply above the 75.6 reading recorded in April 2020 (the lowest in the survey's 47-year history). However, the bullish headline consumer sentiment figure is tempered ...

Former Financial Circle director charged

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... listed for first mention in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on 5 November 2020. On that date, the matter was adjourned to 28 April 2021. Fuoco was not required to enter a plea. Financial Circle itself has previously copped a $9 million fine for offering ...

Australians drain $35bn from super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... Australians retirement savings as the governments' early release of super (ERS) scheme edges towards its close. Having opened in April this year in response to the immediate effects of the COVID-19 lockdown, close to five million Australians have removed ...

Chief economist update: Japan's third wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... the country remains in contraction - the composite and services PMI since February 2020 and the manufacturing PMI since April 2019. The same goes for consumer confidence. While sentiment and consumer perception have improved, they remain below pre-COVID-19 ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... done this before. The eventual agreement by OPEC+ at the 10th (Extraordinary) OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting on 12 April 2020 to adjust downwards overall crude oil production by 9.7 million barrels per day - equivalent to 10% of global supply ...

Chief economist update: Letter V going viral in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... month of improvement, the highest level since December 2019 and a sharp turnaround from the record low reading of -34 in April 2020 - driven by gains in trading (+8 in October from +4 in the previous month) and profitability (+4 from +1). The employment ...

Hastings founder launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... Westpac. It was bought by British asset manager Northill Capital in late 2017, who rebranded it to Vantage Infrastructure in April 2018. The sale followed a period of activity for Hastings, during which it lost the management of the $2.5 billion The ...

AustralianSuper dodges advertising scrutiny

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... Additionally, the super fund was not transparent in providing the impact of adverse foreign-exchange movements in March and April amid the onset of the global pandemic. Wilson said every other fund "lost tens to hundreds of millions", except for AustralianSuper ...

ATO prepares for end of ERS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... has announced the end of year shutdown and program closure arrangements for the early release of super (ERS) scheme. Since April 3.3 million Australians have taken over $34 billion out of their retirement savings through the ERS scheme which is set to ...

Chief economist update: China's vote for US president

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... (August 2010) -- on the back of increased new orders and the improvement in business confidence to its highest level since April 2012. A returned Trump would embolden Donald to double down on his trade war with China that, in turn, would be met by counter-measures ...