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Jobs return to pre-pandemic levels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Payroll jobs had recovered to pre-COVID levels by early December 2020, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of labour statistics Bjorn Jarvis said early to mid-December is a seasonal peak for jobs each ...

Challenger welcomes board director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... offer herself for election at the annual general meeting in October 2021. The appointment follows an announcement in December where Challenger revealed it was buying Catholic Super's banking business for $35 million. Challenger and MyLife MyFinance have ...

Xinja returns deposits

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... Regulation Authority began monitoring Xinja's return of deposits, worth more than $252 million, to 37,884 customers on 16 December. The neobank has now transferred the remaining 4176 accounts with a total value of $65,809 to NAB for customers to collect. ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... China's - the world's biggest consumer - strengthening economy. Chinese GDP expanded by 6.5% in the year to the December 2020 quarter - better than consensus expectations for a 6.1% gain and accelerating from the third quarter's 4.9% annual ...

HUB24 posts record inflows

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
HUB24 picked up $1.7 billion net inflows, 24 new licensee agreements and 113 advisers in the December quarter. The $1.7 billion in net inflows is 26% higher than the September quarter and 37% higher than the December 2019 quarter. Meanwhile, strong ...

Optimum Pensions partners with Generation Life

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... practical solution to tackle pension complexity in a simple manner." GDG reported $59 million in net inflows for the December quarter, and had $1.49 billion in total funds under management. The FUM for Lonsec's listed investment solutions division ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second state of emergency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... hit when the number of daily new cases, active cases and daily deaths began rising sometime around late November/early December last year. This prompted the Suga administration to announce a third stimulus package worth around US$708 billion, which includes ...

MySuper eyes growth asset returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... significantly. Rainmaker saw MySuper's three-year volatility almost double from the 4.1% p.a. observed at the end of December 2019 compared to the 7.6% p.a. delivered at the end of September 2020.

BlackRock assets at record-high

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... reported positive net flows. Full year net inflows stood at $391 billion, of which about 32% came in the three months ending December. BlackRock's iShares ETFs stood at US$2.7 trillion following about $79 billion in December quarter flows. Only multi-asset ...

Quoted funds going strong at Mainstream

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
Mainstream said half of the 150,000 plus investors it services are now invested in a quoted fund, as it reports December quarter assets. Mainstream added $14 billion in funds under advice, four clients and 53 funds in the quarter ending December 2020. ...