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Advice head leaves ANZ

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
ANZ has confirmed the departure of its head of advice and operations. Darrel Caulfield took to LinkedIn to farewell ANZ, saying it had been a privilege to work for the company. "ANZ has been a big part of my life and has provided significant opportunities ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's secret

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... cases and 424,891 deaths. Adjusting for population, Australia's total cases of coronavirus infection (0.033%) is not that far from New Zealand's (0.031%) but is much healthier than America's (0.9%) or Brazil's (0.8%) or Spain's (0.6%) ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... non-manufacturing from their April lows and the fall in the unemployment from the record high of 14.7% in April to 11.1% in June. So far so good. But the rising cases of infection have prompted some states to defer or rollback re-opening plans - particularly ...

Schroders readies private assets offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... value per quarter. The underlying Luxembourg fund is started in September last year and has $100 million of commitments so far. Smith says the firm will aim to add US$200 million to US$300 million each year to the fund. "We were quite fortunate it was ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
It seemed so long ago and far away now but it was only a year ago that the All Ordinaries index broke above its all-time high recorded in 2007 before climbing to a new peak in February this year. The mood was good: The US and China have reached a trade ...

Chief economist update: Extraordinarily uncertain outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... that is hard to capture in words as lives are upended amid great uncertainty about the future." Output and employment remain far below their pre-pandemic levels, he added, saying the path forward for the economy is "extraordinarily uncertain" and will ...

APRA heatmap sees members save on fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
APRA analysis shows a significant proportion of MySuper members have been spared more than $100 million in fees in the last six months thanks to the introduction of its heatmap. Updating its MySuper heatmap to reflect changes in the fees charged, APRA ...

At least $70bn more in stimulus needed: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... for 3% to 4% of the GDP. And it is on top of the $160 billion that the federal and state governments have already spent so far. But it is needed to lower the unemployment rate - which stood at 7.1% in May after climbing up from 5.2% in March - Grattan ...

HESTA to go zero carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... climate change," Blakey said. "There is no doubt that the social, environmental and economic cost of inaction is going to be far greater than the cost of responding to climate change." Blakey also linked their activity on mitigating climate risk to their ...

Perth hit worst in housing crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... cusp of another downswing, says CoreLogic's head of research Eliza Owen. Property value declines have been fairly mild, so far this year, with national May home value index results showing the dwelling market declined just 0.4% over the month, and preliminary ...