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Chief economist update: A pretty picture of the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... market is provided by the ABS' trend series estimates. "...clouds of white." This time, the trend series also paints a pretty picture. Here are the stats: Total employment's up by 26,900 in June from 22,400 in the previous month. This is the ...

APRA tells banks to prepare for financial storm clouds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... profile has improved considerably since the global financial crisis, and asset quality remains solid. All in all, it's a pretty positive financial story. But so it should be: after 26 years (and counting) of almost continuous economic expansion, the ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... rate since the June 2016 quarter (3.3%) when the domestic economy similarly outperformed its peers. To be sure, these are pretty numbers that'll sure put a smile on Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's face and vindicate the Reserve Bank of Australia's ...

Chief economist update: Talking trade tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... full day of negotiations, has been fairly positive... The difficulty will always be that we will most of the time hear pretty positive things from China and the question is whether they will actually do them. So that's going to be the tough part." But ...

NAB to divest MLC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... downsizing their mergers and acquisitions teams and wrapping up dealer groups, as AMP did with Genesys. "I think it's a pretty strong reflection of their diminished level of appetite for the sector," he said. Advice scandals, he continued, also forced ...

Advisers react to Royal Commission revelations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... Prominent Financial Services The majority of the submissions have surrounded banks and larger financial institutions, it seems pretty obvious that the larger the organisation the harder it is to scrutinise the actions of individuals and hold them accountable ...

Chief economist update: Prudence, patience and persistence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... significant, sharp declines, we see that, first of all, the fact that all countries reported means that this loss of momentum is pretty broad across countries. It's also broad across sectors because when we look at the indicators, it's both hard and ...

Social media singles out ASIC in Royal Commission coverage

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... Likewise, Consumer Action Law Centre senior policy officer Susan Quinn noted how many SMSFs have received poor advice. Pretty unbelievable conduct being exposed here. How the systems that underpin a core business offering could be that bad should tell ...

Investor education key to healthy ETF market: SPDR

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... goal? If you're buying the S&P 500 ETF and you look at the holdings and see the stocks of the S&P 500, you should feel pretty good. But if you see a bunch of derivatives, that might not be the right product for you," he said.

Instos chasing EM debt for value

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... debt analyst Darren Capeloto added: "In a world where deposit rates are really low, getting double-digit-type yields is pretty compelling." "It's a challenging environment, though. It's very resource-intensive as every country has a different narrative. ...