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Chief economist update: The trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
Looking at the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the country's labour market, one couldn't help but exclaim that it was a wonderful set of (seasonally adjusted) numbers. The economy added another 17,500 jobs in February following ...

Don't fear the inflation reaper: Capital Group

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... the way the global consumer is changing." Reflecting his comments about the changing consumer landscape, Budden noted a third of all revenues from all companies in the NPF's portfolio are now coming from emerging markets. "As bottom-up stockpickers ...

Former Provident Capital MD still banned but allowed procedural fairness

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... issued debentures to retail investors through their Fixed Term Investment Portfolio and advanced the debenture funds to third party borrowers, including property developers, on a first mortgage basis. Provident Capital also operated a mortgage fund under ...

Aussie attitudes toward retirement shifting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... income earners. About 45% of people earning more than $150,000 a year are making additional contributions, and so are one-third of those earning between $100,000 and $149,000. Meanwhile, just 24.6% of people earning less than $50,000 make additional ...

Placer Property launches new fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
Specialist manager Placer Property is launching its third retail property fund and has appointed two new directors. The 333 Exhibition Street Property Fund is investing a commercial office building in Melbourne which is leased to the University of Melbourne. ...

Aussie ETFs attracted $339 million in February: Betashares

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
Australia's ETF pool swelled $330 million in February even though stocks slumped early in the month. BetaShares, the fourth-biggest player in Australia's ETF pool, joins Vanguard in saying investors gravitated towards ETFs in February's market slowdown ...

YBR appoints new general manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... Gibson joins YBR having previously been head of sales and marketing at AMP. Before that, he was national sales manager, third-party distribution at AMP Bank, national sales manager at GMAC-RFC and director - wholesale at Resimac. He was also chief executive ...

Chief economist update: Home cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... quarter and 13.8% in the June quarter. Prices in Melbourne slowed to 10.2% in the last quarter of 2017 from 13.2% in the third quarter and 13.8% in the second quarter. According to ABS chief economist, Bruce Hockman: "The results are in line with market ...

Asset managers gearing for growth in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... growth prospects in 2018, and more than half (57%) flagged they will increase headcount to make this happen. More than a third (43%) warned of increased mergers and acquisitions in 2018, while many (48%) will also expand capabilities via strategic alliances ...

Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
Climate change is a growing concern for the majority of investors polled in Financial Standard's latest survey. Despite investors' worry, Australia's top companies are failing to improve climate risk disclosures. Seventy-one per cent of respondents ...