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Chief economist update: Home sweet home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... CoreLogic's home value index shows that the "five city capital aggregate" index increased by another 2.3% in the month of May (from April's 1.8%) to be 9.1% higher from a year earlier. Not only that: "CoreLogic's research director Tim Lawless ...

LIBOR phased out by year end

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
Australian regulators expect institutions to cease the use of LIBOR in new contracts before the end of 2021. ASIC, APRA and the Reserve Bank of Australia have reiterated the importance of ensuring a timely transition away from the London Interbank Offered ...

QIC managing director exits

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
QIC's managing director of business development has left. Chris O'Connor spent about six years at QIC, where he was responsible for investor and asset consultant relations. His last day was May 21. "Chris was a valued member of the QIC team, and we ...

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... increases the oil supply. The Baker and Hughes rotary oil rig count has reached a 13-month high of 359 rigs as at the end of May - up by 30.5% so far this year and by a whopping 109% since it dropped to a 15-year low of 172 rigs in August 2020.

ASIC increases short selling surveillance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
ASIC is putting short sellers on notice, warning them that any information released on a target company must be accurate and objective. The corporate watchdog outlined several areas that it will keep an eye on in the newly released Information Sheet ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... confident and spending. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence remained elevated at a reading of 113.1 in May -- the second highest print for the Index since April 2010. One that augurs well for the continued acceleration in household ...

Research on education standards and morals launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
Research that is aiming to determine how formalising educational and ethics requirements impact the moral development of financial advisers is calling for participants. The Western Sydney University is canvassing financial advisers to take part in research ...

Boutique manager names head of distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
A boutique global equities fund manager has hired a distribution lead, formerly of Meritum Financial Group. Gold Coast-based fund manager Swell Asset Management appointed Stephen Poole as head of distribution. Poole was the general manager of NAB's ...

How noise impacts trading performance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
Did trading desks perform better or worse when they were forced to work from home last year? That is the question UNSW Business school researchers sought to answer. A study by UNSW Business School associate professors Elise Payzan-LeNestour and James ...

Chief economist update: RBA cash rate on ice until 2024

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
Except to reinforce its message that interest rates will remain at record lows "until 2024 at the earliest", the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) June board meeting was largely a ho-hum affair. As expected, the RBA left monetary policy settings ...