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Professionalise sustainability within funds: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... Funds, UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures research director Gordon Noble, Climate Council of Australia independent economist, climate councillor Nicki Hutley and ReThink Sustainability executive director Rob Gell discussed the impacts of climate change ...

ASX shifts slightly on Credit Suisse, First Republic

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... Credit Suisse, but has since remained unsteady. This mornings slight jump - 0.3% - was pretty modest, CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman told Financial Standard. Following on from the slight increase, the ASX remained flat before dipping again at ...

Credit Suisse, oil prices see ASX fall: CommSec

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... 97pts or 1.4% to 6971 and said all sectors are in the red, led by Materials (-3%) and Financials (-1.6%). CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman told Financial Standard that, broadly speaking, we're seeing selloffs across financial markets due to ...

abrdn loses global chief economist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
Jeremy Lawson has resigned as global chief economist for abrdn, opting to return to Australia. Lawson has served in the role for 10 years, first appointed in March 2013. In 2018, he took on the additional responsibility of leading the group's research ...

Dataset to ease policy planning for ageing population

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... 179,000 workers aged over 55, representing around a third of all new workers," KPMG director, demographics and urban economist Terry Rawnsley said. "The increase in the expected age of retirement for women was driven by full-time employment, with the ...

Unemployment rate rises to 3.7%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... than usual with a job indicating they were starting or returning to work later in the month." Meanwhile, HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham said that with two consecutive months of falling jobs and a decisive rise in the unemployment rate, the labour ...

Recession risk for Australia minimal: Forum

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... expert. La Trobe Financial chief investment officer Chris Paton, who spoke at Financial Standard 's annual Chief Economist Forum in Sydney this morning, pointed to several signposts that indicate the Lucky Country will evade a highly anticipated ...

RBA hikes interest rates to 10-year high, flags further increases

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has hiked interest rates to 3.35%, signalling that there are more rate rises ahead. Despite moderating global inflation, high CPI inflation in Australia (7.8%), driven by both domestic demand and global factors, remains ...

RBA cash rate hike forecast by economists

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... tipped to lift the cash rate by 25 basis points today to fight ongoing inflationary pressure. According to HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham, inflation is too high and there's yet to be clear evidence that its peaked. As such, HSBC predicts that ...

Aussie shares to continue outperformance: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
Over the last year, Australian shares have outperformed their global counterparts, and AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver believes this trend will continue. To get a handle on the future, he said, it's useful to understand the past, saying the ...