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Underemployment continues steep decline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
The latest ABS figures show that the total number of underemployed workers has fallen, as has the weekly hours not worked by underemployed people. Of the 13.6 million employed people in May 2022, 1.5 million were underemployed. Of these underemployed ...

BGH raises Virtus offer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... BHG offer. Following the announcement, Virtus shares were down 0.37% as of 10:45 am. Though comparatively the ASX 200 had fallen 4.57% in the same period.

Magellan, Platinum dropped in S&P/ASX rebalance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... today reporting a further $3.4 billion drop in funds under management. At time of publishing, Magellan's share price has fallen more than 10% this morning. Platinum has also had its share of challenges in recent years, particularly as growth stocks stole ...

GDP rises but headwinds abound

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... Further to the ACTU's concerns, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that the household saving ratios had fallen. Head of national accounts at the ABS Sean Crick commented: "The household saving to income ratio fell from 13.4% to 11.4% ...

Australian dividends shatter pre-pandemic records: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... rest of the world's aggregate 13.6% reversal. However, the Janus Henderson report noted that Australia's dividends had fallen more than twice as far as the rest of the world during the pandemic. Such circumstances made it easier to make up lost ground. ...

Tesla axed from the S&P 500 ESG index

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... Indices (DJI) ESG score. In an S&P DJI ideology blog, North American head of ESG indices Margaret Dorn said that Tesla had fallen into the bottom 25% of its industry group peers. Hence, Tesla joined Berkshire Hathaway, Johnson & Johnson and Meta as some ...

State Street bags K2 Asset Management mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... although this is likely attributable to the huge crypto market sell-off. The total cryptocurrency market capitalisation has fallen from $US2.9 trillion to $US1.2 trillion in six months.

US inflation wavers near a 40-year high

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
The US inflation rate has fallen to 8.3%, but the Consumer Price Index continues to flirt with catastrophic 40-year highs. The index also revealed that costs had risen by a monthly rate of 0.3% in April after having risen 1.2% in March. This decline ...

Low wage growth a deliberate design feature: ACTU

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... Morrison missing in action on wages report shows that over the entire term of the Morrison government, real wages have fallen by 2.3%. This is the first time this century that workers' real incomes are lower as they head to the polls than they were the ...

Real unemployment far higher than ABS claims: Roy Morgan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
While Australia's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since the pandemic began, there are still millions who remain unemployed or under-employed. Unemployment and under-employment are rife, with the latest Roy Morgan findings showing that ...