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Working women more likely to experience mental illness

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... experienced a mental health condition in their lifetime. The report - which draws on the work of SuperFriend's annual Indicators of a Thriving Workplace research - demonstrates women feel less positive than men about their workplace, with only 10% of ...

Chief economist update: How would you vote if seated on the RBA board?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... women of the RBA board would have seen the latest statistical updates on the domestic economy. Below are some of these indicators, sourced from Rainmaker Live. Having seen the Australian economy in pictures, how would you vote if you're seated on ...

Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... credit has been evident since at least early 2018 but has only recently come into focus due to a flurry of weakness in indicators of domestic demand," Nash said. I couldn't have said it better myself but would like to add the increased Australian ...

Super fund awards $275 million mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... investments. "The dynamic credit strategy meets this need. It offers credit returns, but is also equipped with crisis indicators which seek to reduce portfolio credit risk in challenging markets and thereby diversify returns away from traditional credit ...

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... of these uncertainties on individual euro area economies, along with their respective domestic economic challenges - indicators in the region's three biggest economies of Germany, France and Italy are slowing - could create a domino effect on the ...

Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... consistent with moderate growth in the economy... Inflation is running between 2 and 3%, as expected"... and "some forward indicators of employment have been firming this year." Therefore, "In the board's judgement, monetary policy is appropriately ...

Chief economist update: Safe as burning houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... a more problematic one as headlines and concerns over further price falls become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Other indicators are equally negative - HIA new home sales dropped by 12.2% in the year to November; AiG performance of construction index dug ...

Fed's pause becomes the ECB's problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... GDP growth slowed to 1.6% in the third quarter of last year - the fourth straight quarter of slowdown - but forward indicators suggest more weakness. Markit Economics' Eurozone composite PMI declined to a reading of 51.2 in December from 52.7 in speed ...

Frontier Advisors builds investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... Aussie large and small caps for five years. Before this he spent a decade at Standard and Poors, Navigator and Lincoln Indicators. Also joining the investment team are three associates. Paul Chua joins from NAB's performance and risk analytics team where ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... the Committtee "will take into account a wide range of information, including measures of labor market conditions, indicators of inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and readings on financial and international developments." Among this "wide ...