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Chief economist update: What a difference an Australian year makes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... more jobs in the Australian economy than there were before the pandemic." True that. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 'Labour Force' report shows total employment increased by 88.7K heads to 13,006,900 workers in February 2021.While ...

Pandemic boosts scam complaints

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... financial complaints, according to new data from the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). AFCA's half-year statistics revealed scam-related complaints made up 23% of the 34,047 new complaints in the six months to 30 December, 2020. Throughout ...

Chief economist update: The great Australian rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
"Getting strong now, won't be long now, getting strong now Gonna fly now, flying high now, gonna fly, fly, fly..." -Bill Conti, Gonna Fly Now As sure as this theme from the 1977 classic Rocky is remembered by film buffs and boxing aficionados everywhere ...

Super assets hit record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... of superannuation funds copped a beating when the pandemic hit around this time last year, APRA's December 2020 statistics shows that the asset pool rebounded 7.7%. On a year-on-year basis, the asset pool rose 2.2%, buoyed by APRA-regulated assets ...

Shock statistics on gender gap on boards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
New data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has revealed that while the pay gap has decreased from 0.6%, women are still significantly underrepresented in leadership. WGEA reported that the national gender pay gap has dropped to 13.4% ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... don't take my word for it, let's hear it straight from the horse's mouth: "Michelle Marquardt, Head of Prices Statistics at the ABS said "December quarter's moderate growth was influenced by businesses rolling back short-term wage reductions ...

J.P. Morgan custody exec retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... securities services, Australia and New Zealand. J.P. Morgan is the largest custodian in Australia, according to December end statistics from he Australian Custodial Services Association's (ACSA) biannual statistics. It has a nearly 25% share of the ...

Chief economist update: The vaccine has landed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... than sufficient to cover all of Australia's population of 25.7 million (as at 30 June 2020, Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show). Water, water everywhere but not all wants to drink. While there are enough vaccines to go around, only 66.2% ...

Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... December - January marked the fourth straight month of employment gains. Not only that, Bjorn Jarvis, head of labour statistics at the ABS, pointed out that: "Nationally, employment was only 59,000 people lower than March 2020, having fallen by 872,000 ...

J.P. Morgan dominates custody market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... Servicing, closing in on nearly $1 trillion of assets. The Australian Custodial Services Association's (ACSA) biannual statistics revealed J.P. Morgan owned the lion's share of the $4 trillion local custody market at the end of December 2020. ...