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Housing values continue to slide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
Australian housing values continued to decline for the third consecutive month in July and are set to drop even further when government support winds down, according to the latest research from CoreLogic. CoreLogic's home value index dropped 0.6% last ...

Banking crisis more likely in conflicted countries: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... licence of one bank was suspended in 1994. In Central African Republic, bank non-performing loans increased to more than one-third of total loans and some banks became undercapitalised following the outbreak of the conflict in 2013. "The primary channel ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... mid-point of the RBA's 2%-3% target band) in the March quarter to minus 0.3% by the end of the June quarter - only the third time Australia has been in deflation. "The previous times were in 1962 and 1997-98," the ABS said. For sure and for certain ...

Tasmania leads the nation: CommSec

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... its decade-average level of output, ahead of Western Australia with an output of 22.7% above the norm. Tasmania came in third (up 21.2%), while NSW (21%), the Northern Territory (20.5%) recorded similar economic outputs. The ACT (20.1%), Queensland (18.9%) ...

Westpac announces appointment, departure

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... executive vice president and chief information officer of its consumer North America business. He has also held roles with Fifth Third Bank and Bank of America. Westpac also announced group executive Gary Thursby will leave the bank early next year. ...

FSC reveals life insurance data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... cancer (14%). The second most common cause of death for men is accidents, accounting for 20%, whereas for women it's the third most common cause at 7% of female deaths. For total permanent disability (TPD) claims, mental health disorders top the list ...

Chief economist update: No Karens in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... also showed that 37 out of 41 major sectors registered stronger growth or smaller rates of decline. The potential for a third wave in China cannot be dismissed given continuing growth of infections around the world. But China's central command has ...

Value to be found in childcare stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... operator of childcare centres in the country, is owned by a consortium of charities, and very conservatively financed and third, because both REITS are exposed to relatively large and high-quality ECEC operators."

Domestic violence super reforms stall

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
Representatives from industry super and a legal body have called on the Federal Government to deliver on a promised scheme that would have stopped domestic violence perpetrators from hiding their super assets from their spouses. Women's Legal Service ...

ETP market winners revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... manager in Australia with $20.5 billion. BlackRock is the second largest manager in ETPs with $15.3 billion. BetaShares is third with $10.9 billion in ETP FUM and State Street is fourth largest with over $6 billion. However, BetaShares remains the dominant ...