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The game changing trends planners should know about

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... learning is nothing new, it's been accelerating for five and a half decades now. But it really sped up throughout the pandemic," he said. "However, one of the things that we've seen really speed up over the last couple of years is in the area ...

Never been more optimistic: Abood

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... been deeply affected by Covid and not just in the obvious ways," she said. She said demand for financial advice over the pandemic period has skyrocketed. "But on the other hand, I believe that the many challenges we've faced as a profession have ...

Global X launches copper miners ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... copper prices fall due to slowed global economic activity, but it's been one of the best-performing assets in the post-pandemic recovery, with prices this year increasing by 2.4%," he said. "The investment opportunity for Australian investors is to use ...

Industrial property ensures big wins for TelstraSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... heavily skewed to what he describes as 'daily needs' shopping centres which proved to be very resilient to the pandemic. Bunnings stores are his favourite example. "We've got a large exposure to about 35 Bunnings stores," he points out. "They ...

Australia can avoid recession: Outlook

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... swerve a downturn. The Budget projected a net immigration of 235,00 this financial year, which is consistent with pre-pandemic levels, and should help ease labour shortages and the tight job market. "Which in turn will help head off a surge in wages ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
After surging 28.6% between the pandemic low in September 2020 to a high in April, national property prices have fallen 6%, said AMP chief economist Shane Oliver. "The key drivers of the downturn remain: poor affordability, rising mortgage rates, some ...

Vicinity Centres head announces retirement

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... portfolio," Gerber said. Kelley successfully led Vicinity through the significant and unprecedented challenges of the pandemic while at the same time, ensuring the company was well positioned to deliver on its long-term growth objectives, Gerber said. ...

RBA downplays exchange rate inflationary impacts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... through 2019 and the Australian dollar depreciated to its lowest level in over a decade. Hence, by about the time of the pandemic, Australia's pre-mining boom level of international competitiveness had been restored," he said. So, albeit the end of the ...

Outsourcing is the future: Northern Trust

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... capacity, and therefore can staff for when you've got a peak in demand or if - heaven forbid - there's another pandemic, you can rely on your scale provider to provide for that on a variable cost. "I think it's a far more proactive response ...

Quantifying the value of a financial adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... invested through the turbulence, preparing them for an uncertain future and working with them to determine their post pandemic goals. This year, that aspect of an adviser's role alone is responsible for 2.9% of portfolio value." The report suggests ...