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Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... acceleration in wages growth (to 5.6% in the April quarter) as due to compositional effects - i.e., more job losses among lower-paid workers - and the base effect of last year's drop in wages. The piece de resistance? "The MPC will continue to monitor ...

Family offices should supplement super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... funds, and pay tax on earnings at the company tax rate of 30%. While this is higher than the superannuation rate, it's lower than the highest personal marginal tax rate. "Once in retirement, people can draw a pension from their superannuation fund ...

WealthO2 launches adviser app

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
WealthO2 has launched an app for financial advisers and their clients to help them manage their investment and superannuation information. Available on Apple and Android, the app aims to provide advisers and their clients transparency on their holdings ...

Teachers Mutual launches neobank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... Australia and bank cards are made with 82% recycled plastic. Hiver will invest its profits back into competitive rates, lower fees, innovative saving solutions, ethical investment, and local essential worker community projects. "The introduction of Hiver ...

Chief economist update: Chinese activity indicators disappoint but growth target intact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... Chinese retail sales grew by 12.4% in the year to May down from 17.7% April, March's year-on-year rate of 34.2% and lower than market expectations for a 17.0% print. The annual growth in industrial production slowed to 8.8% in May from 9.8% in the ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... unemployment rate fell to 5.1%, which was below March 2020 (5.3 per cent) and back to the level in February 2020 (5.1%) - lower than expectations for an unchanged print at 5.5% and the seventh straight month of decline in the jobless rate. Even better ...

Aussie PE, VC assets hit milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... Australia-focused real estate funds reached final close, down 63% compared with 2019; aggregate capital raised fell by a marginally lower 54%, to total $1.5 billion. Gresham Property's Fund No. 7 raised $756 million via real estate debt. This was ...

Chief economist update: The (dot) plot thickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... More, despite the VIX index's - the 'fear gauge' - 6.6% jump on the day, at a reading of 18.15, it's still lower than the most recent peak of 27.59 it hit on May 12 and this year's high of 37.21 recorded in late January. Financial ...

HESTA managers improve on gender diversity

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... the level of the percentage of gender balance at the senior levels. So we're still seeing it's been quite a bit lower than what we're seeing at the junior levels." In listed managers, women's share of the investment roles thinned out ...

Mergers push member positivity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... outcome. Of the 11% who believe it is a negative outcome are mainly concerned with the potential impact on higher fees and lower returns as well as changes to customer service. "There is a general view that engagement between Australians and their super ...