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Chief economist update: The recession is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... quarter after contracting by 1.3% in the March quarter and 3.2% in June. Interest rate cuts - Bank of Korea cut interest rates from 1.25% at the start of 2020 to a record low 0.5% -- and a total of KRW310 trillion (US$275 billion) in fiscal stimulus ...

Gender doesn't influence company returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... Meetings received an average vote of 96% in favour," it said. "There was little meaningful difference in the board turnover rates between companies that outperform compared to those that underperform." OM said lack of information about director aptitude ...

Chief economist update: The UK's new plan... after two plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
Multiplying rates of coronavirus infections forced the UK government to impose strict lockdown measures, giving "bobbies" power to fine people leaving their homes for "non-essential" reasons on March 23. These restrictions were then gradually eased ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... September). This could be because TINA (there is no alternative) FOMO (fear of missing out) remains in play. Low interest rates sparked the TINA trade with investors seeking better returns in the stockmarket that, in turn, lifted upward momentum and ...

Super needs improvement: Report card

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... it from an A-grade system. (Mercer also attributed the drop in rankings primarily to a reduction in the net replacement rates published by the OECD.) Within the sustainability and integrity sub-indices, Australia ranked third and sixth respectively. ...

APRA, ASIC release life insurance stats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... percentage of claims accepted, the length of time taken to pay claims, the number of disputes and the policy cancellation rates. Between advised and non-advised clients, there was only a small disparity in the amount of claims paid for death - 42% paid ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... thousand words: The rate of increase in infections is such that the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that death rates could be four to five times more by January 2021 than they were in April this year. European governments have, so far, resisted ...

Fiscal policy spurs investor confidence: Citi

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... terminal rate for the Reserve Bank of Australia will be 10 basis points, with just 30% believing there will be negative rates. However, 69% of investors believe New Zealand will have negative rates in the first half of 2021. Citi Australia's head of ...

Chief economist update: Lowe taking interest rates lower

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... our own options." For sure, fiscal -- tax cuts; welfare spending programmes, etc. - and monetary support - lower interest rates have increased household incomes but recent data show that these have been mostly saved - the household savings ratio soared ...

Level premiums to remain

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... there are complications and it's more complex around level premiums," he said. He went on to explain that low interest rates puts pricing pressure on level premiums and how it works within a five-year piece with income protection needs to be worked ...