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ASIC locks eyes on super industry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... in the financial system and markets means greater confidence which means more investment. That has direct benefits for the jobs and opportunities of Australians." Longo said flagged its concerns around Australia's private markets being dwarfed in size ...

Zenith increases defensive investment as recession risk looms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... risk of a recession in the United States has spurred some investment changes. Hennessey said the weaker-than-expected July jobs report in the US raised concerns of a potential US recession but said those concerns shouldn't be overblown just yet. "The ...

Wages grow 0.7% in June quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... increases." Government employees saw their pay adjust on March 14. "This led to a larger increase in the contribution Commonwealth jobs made to public sector wage growth. Pay rises for these jobs had previously been paid at different times across quarters ...

NZ Super Fund names chief risk officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... Zealanders, we need to take some risk," she said. "Understanding, assessing, and managing that risk is one of the most important jobs we have, and I am very pleased we will have Michael to lead that work." Mitchell joined NZ Super Fund in 2005 and has ...

RBA on hold: Experts split on 2024 cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... alongside the higher GDP growth profile, a higher underlying inflation profile and longer 'time-to-target', and a jobs market still only gradually loosening, it appears that the RBA's primary concern is the possibility that inflation stays ...

Chalmers 'confident but not complacent' on economic prospects

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... economic indicators coming out of the US. "The market volatility that we've seen has been driven by weaker than expected jobs growth and tech earnings in the US, as well as rising Japanese interest rates impacting Asian markets as well. Australia's not ...

Markets melt down over 'premature' recession fears

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... day since March 2020 yesterday, wiping $102 billion as investors got the jitters over a potential US recession. Mediocre jobs data released in the US sparked recession fears with investors also concerned the Federal Reserve is behind in cutting interest ...

UK government to establish national wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... gigafactories, hydrogen, and manufacturing, including steel projects. It's anticipated that, through the fund, thousands of new jobs will be created and billions of pounds of investment will be unlocked. The government will also reform the British Business ...

Job mobility falls for first time in three years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... decade. Jarvis add that younger workers were still more mobile than older workers, with 12.6% of 15- to 24-year-olds changing jobs. "However, youth job mobility was noticeably lower than the high of 15.9% we saw in 2022 during the pandemic, and well ...

QIC invests in Australian biotech start-up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
... Angelloop will support Gelomics' continued market expansion, which QIC said will create more than 70 highly skilled local jobs over the next five years. QIC private equity investment director Patrick Christiansen said growing recognition of the limitations ...