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Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... lifetime of a pensioner, Illidge said many former government employees are now living in or are on the brink of poverty. The OECD estimates about one-third of elderly Australians are living below the poverty line. The group's closure serves as a ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... property. So much so that the latest detailed report on Australia by the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) warned that, although the "current trajectory" of falling house prices "would suggest a soft landing... some risk of ...

Chief economist update: Predictions allude to frozen RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... already about the case of the slowdown in global growth. The Organisations for Economic Development and Cooperation's (OECD) recently-released the OECD Economic Outlook and Interim Economic Outlook report merely formalised this "known known" and ...

Swiss manager invests in Queensland solar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... Australia to distribute and market the fund. It's looking to raise capital in the country with two of its funds: the SUSI OECD energy transition fund and the SUSI Asia energy transition fund. The OECD strategy will target 9-12% in returns. It has ...

Grattan says Aussies retiring comfortably, ISA responds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... expect retirement income of at least 91% of their pre-retirement income, even after allowing for inflation. This is above the OECD-endorsed 70% benchmark. Hence the legislation to ramp up compulsory super contributions to 12% should be scrapped, putting ...

Aussies second-most optimistic about retirement: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... levels of happiness against how their country's retirement system fare on global rankings such as the Mercer Index and OECD. Research found a disparity between the two. Australia ranked three on OECD data, second on Mercer's score. It was second ...

Cbus invests in UK infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... the rest of the world. Cbus' $4.5 billion infrastructure portfolio has assets are spread across Australia, the UK and OECD countries. It also has a decade-long partnership with Dexus in Australia, under which it has developed and taken stakes in ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... and 2019 are unchanged at 1.4 mb/d and 1.5 mb/d, respectively. The pace of growth slowed sharply in 2Q18, caused by weaker OECD Europe and Asia demand. US gasoline demand growth eased due to higher prices." However, the escalation of Trump's trade ...

Chief economist update: Don't mind the gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
Hear ye, hear ye... the unemployment gap has closed! The loss of 3900 workers (versus expectations for a 15,000 addition) may have made for sobering reading on the Australian labour market but this was a small give from the 58,200 additional workers ...

Swiss asset manager eyes Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... systems), energy storage infrastructure and systems that improve energy efficiency. In Australia, it will offer the SUSI OECD energy transition fund and the SUSI Asia energy transition fund. "Australia is a very informed investor base so it's less ...