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Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... continuing to move onwards and upwards. The annual growth in Chinese retail spending improved to 4.3 in October from 3.3% in September from 0.5% in the previous month and after the previous five months of contraction. Fixed asset investment strengthened ...

Retirement costs keep rising: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... prices, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA published its Retirement Standard September quarter 2020 figures which indicate that couples aged around 65 living a comfortable retirement need to spend $62,083 per ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... turnover. Between late 2019 and early 2020, three senior leaders left Vanguard to start their own governance firm and in September a new head took over, Morningstar pointed out. The effect of this new management remains to be seen. BetaShares' earned ...

Regulator continues crackdown on product adverts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... being falsely promoted as a term deposit in a series of radio advertisements airing between June and August 2020. In September, ASIC reviewed and subsequently imposed the stop order on the radio advertisements. ASIC said it is continuing to monitor the ...

Cbus appoints new technology chief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... Financial. Mirella Robinson has joined the fund, replacing Rob Pickering who Financial Standard reported departed the fund in September. Robinson was previously general manager of delivery, data analytics and technology at Latitude Financial Services. ...

Chief economist update: A wonderful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... by 97,000 workers while part-time hires jumped by 81,800. Sure, the unemployment rate inched up to 7.0% from 6.9% in September but this was due to the sharp increase in the participation rate to 65.8% in October from 64.9% in the previous month - indicating ...

Chief economist update: Australian wages slow but still grow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... year the latest figures from the Australian Bureau Statistics (ABS) shows wages are up slightly from last year. "The September quarter is generally a quarter of solid wage growth, however, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to a subdued ...

ASIC charges BitConnect Australia lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
The former BitConnect Australian national promoter has been charged by ASIC for operating an unregistered investment scheme and making false statements. John Bigatton promoted the online cryptocurrency platform prior to its collapse in early 2018. It ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... back! Back above the US$0.73 level that is. The Australian currency rose to around this level back in late-August/early-September after the US Federal Reserve announced a shift into a lower for longer strategy - suggesting that Australian interest rates ...

Stockpicker pay cheques revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... according to Peter Lee Associates' pay benchmarking of the sector. Peter Lee interviewed 80 investment professionals in September and October for its Australian Equity Investors Compensation Benchmarking Report. Chief investment officers and heads of ...