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Super fund calls for government support

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... a new international airport at Badgerys Creek in Western Sydney and there is no plan for a dedicated train line to Sydney City," Hewson said. Crescent Wealth chief investment officer Jason Hazell also called for the government to take a leadership position ...

Hong Kong financial hub status at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... is immune for the US-China trade war but the US said this immunity will only continue is China guarantees autonomy to the city. "Beijing's disastrous decision is only the latest in a series of actions that fundamentally undermine Hong Kong's ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... said. "It remains to be seen what will happen when these end in September," Cacho said. "The recent weakness in the capital city rental market, if continued, also has the potential to put additional downward pressure on prices, particularly for investment ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... can't afford that considering they're at risk of going broke themselves." The report says that's the case for the city of Chicago which was junk rated by Moody's before the pandemic hit, already had about US$240 billion in pension debt ...

Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... faced is also impacting valuations. For those who are looking to sell, Tynan said it remains the case that those in a major city will have an easier time finding a buyer. "Again, the cities are easier to get things away because you have more buyers," ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... authorities reported on Sunday what could be the beginning of a new wave of coronavirus cases in northeast China, with one city in Jilin province being reclassified as high-risk, the top of a three-tier zoning system," it reads. "Eleven new cases in ...

Suncorp wealth head departs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... and wealth operations to an end after just three months. The Sydney-based Hatton said the demand of commuting from her home city to Brisbane and the impact it has on her family are not sustainable. "Suncorp is a wonderful company with many opportunities ...

Property takes $237m hit

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... rates have also dropped across Eastern Australia, except for the nation's capital; Canberra. The findings come out of the City Analytics Lab in the Futures Research Centre at UNSW, who in response to the pandemic, developed a COVID-19 Property Market ...

Wall Street surges as Sanders drops out, Wuhan reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... the Chinese government ended its 11-week lockdown of Wuhan, where more than 11 million people had been sealed within the city since January 23 in an effort to contain the outbreak of the virus. Now, residents and visitors that had been locked in the ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... is not the time to be lax. We need to #StayHome and stay properly distanced." The number of deaths from the virus in the city has now surpassed that of those killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre. According to Johns Hopkins ...