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Royal Commission will worsen credit crunch: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... to tick up and is now growing ever so slightly ahead of housing lending. Financial comparison website RateCity found an overall slump in housing finance using APRA data and warned borrowers that the start of the credit crunch would kick off in mid-2018. ...

Asia, emerging markets to lead in 2019

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... aren't a reason to buy, they give you an indication of where the market could get to, the chief investment officer said. Overall, his position is that global growth will hold up and the US isn't going into recession. "We think there'll be some sort of ...

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... partner is Europe. As per the EU, "Trade in goods and services between EU Member States accounts for over two thirds of the overall trade of EU Member States". And here, we still haven't factored in the UK wherein which Brexit uncertainty has prompted ...

Conflicts of interest recommendation falls short

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... managed investment scheme and the duties will be owed to two different classes of members." ISA said the proposed changes overall should in most cases lead to better outcomes for consumers - but only time will tell whether ongoing conflicts of interest ...

Superannuation smashes gender diversity goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  SUNDAY, 3 FEB 2019
... in senior management within the nations represented in its ACWI index, MSCI lamented what seemed to be slow progress. "Overall progress continues to be slow, and is shown to be lagging the business as usual projection from 2015, with an updated analysis ...

IPO activity to slow down

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... majority of the proposed listings with seven listings, showing market sentiment still remains for this sector," he said. "Overall the pipeline appears to be soft and reflects the performance of IPOs and the wider market. This was evidenced in the final ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... This is sure to reverberate around the globe, triggering rebounds in consumer spending, business investment, jobs and overall economic growth, lifting inflation. My point, the current slim probability (7.1%) of the Fed raising rates by the end of the ...

AustralianSuper hikes admin fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... have balances less than $1000 as at June 2018. The majority of AustralianSuper members (963,887) have less than $25,000. Overall, APRA estimates that 25.7% of superannuation funds have balances below $1000.

Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... That's good too. More generally, the floating A$ is doing what it's designed to do. That is, restore equilibrium in the overall Australian economy.

Australia still low on trust barometer

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
Australians are reporting an increased trust in their institutions to do "what is right" since last year but overall levels still remain low, according the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer. On an average, 40% of Australia's general population trusted ...