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Chief economist update: Not easy easing restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020

"As the economy reopens, incoming data are beginning to reflect a resumption of economic activity: Many businesses are opening their doors, hiring is picking up, and spending is increasing. Employment moved higher, and consumer spending rebounded strongly ...

Global public debt to reach 101.5% of GDP: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020

... attenuate health risks contribute substantially to the restoration of confidence and trust, thereby helping economic activity and employment and reducing strains on public finances." The IMF stressed that timely and comprehensive data on health and socio-economic ...

Chief economist update: Good as gold

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020

... outperformance is nearly matched by that of iron ore - an industrial metal whose price positively correlates with economic activity (or more accurately, with Chinese economic activity). According to statista.com: "China accumulated a majority of the ...

Chief economist update: UK plans for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020

... monetary and fiscal stimulus measures) - like in most other nations around the world - sparked a recovery in economic activity, underscored by the rebound in the IHS/CIPS purchasing managers indices (PMI). The manufacturing PMI rose to a reading of 50.3 ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020

... Italy's (0.4%) or India's (0.05%). Still, at the end of the day, Victoria's second wave could put economic activity back in the freezer - that's 25% of Australia's total national output vapourised, delaying the country's recovery ...

Land tax, not stamp duty: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020

... taxed sectors of the Australian economy, both in absolute and relative terms." "Economic analysis shows that economic activity in Australia can be lifted by shifting the composition of taxes from high economic cost state taxes to lower cost Australia-wide ...

Chief economist update: The post-pandemic problem

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020

... different, and restriction impositions declared earlier or delayed by several days, but the outcome is the same - economic activity has ground to an almost (except for essential services) complete stop, sending the global economy in recession. The IMF ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020

... everywhere - except Sweden - to impose social isolation and business lockdown measures, effectively freezing economic activity, resulting in almost equivalent sell-offs in the Australian equity market and in developed and emerging markets. The All Ordinaries ...

Industry super pours $19.5bn into Australian recovery

ALLY SELBY | TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020

... investors, but we've got much more planned that will not only grow our members' balances but generate jobs and economic activity across Australia," he said. The investment pipeline will create more than 200,000 jobs, with projects in commercial construction ...

Chief economist update: Extraordinarily uncertain outlook

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020

... of extraordinary uncertainty. "As the economy reopens, incoming data are beginning to reflect a resumption of economic activity: Many businesses are opening their doors, hiring is picking up, and spending is increasing. Employment moved higher, and consumer ...

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Aware Super reshapes governance team, appoints chief risk officer

VINNY VUCAGO

Aware Super has announced a leadership reshuffle, appointing a new chief risk officer amid the departure of its long-serving group executive of legal.

IFM lifts stake in Atlas Arteria to 40% after upping offer price

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

IFM Investors has raised its stake in Atlas Arteria from 34.5% to 38.3% in an on-market stock purchase, just a day after it raised its offer price for the toll road operator to $5.10 per security.

Zenith bolsters research, investment capabilities with new hires

MATTHEW WAI

Zenith has announced two senior appointments to strengthen its research and portfolio management divisions.

Regulators push for stronger stress-testing capability, resilience

KARREN VERGARA

The ability to remain resilient and manage liquidity pressures amid severe, multi-dimensional stress scenarios is an area of focus that APRA and ASIC want superannuation funds to improve.

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