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Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... (2.6%), Canberra (2.4%), Brisbane (1.9%), Adelaide (1.6%), Melbourne (1.5%), Darwin (0.8%) and Perth (0.2%). The AiG Performance of Manufacturing index rose to a new series high of 63.2 points in June for its ninth straight month of above-50 reading ...

Aussie investors optimistic about returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... financial setback. As a result, many reported feeling positive and confident about their financial security and the performance of their investments. About 81% said they felt financially secure. Attitudes toward retirement were also positive, with 73% ...

ASIC drops Regal action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... participant in equity markets, we acknowledge the important role that ASIC plays in ensuring the proper function and performance of the Australian financial system to the benefit of all market participants, including Regal and our investors," Regal chief ...

Aged care expenditure to jump 37%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... attention through the imposition of higher performance and client satisfaction targets. Disclosure standards of performance of providers against Aged Care Quality Standards will also be enhanced. These reforms are expected to dramatically impact how ...

AMP Australia announces new leadership team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... flatter structure to enable empowered, distributed leadership. This will improve efficiency and ultimately the performance of the business by giving our leaders end-to-end operational accountability," said AMP Australia chief executive Scott Hartley. ...

Research firm launches, hires Macquarie exec

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... wealth funds, as well as fund managers, Goodman said. For example, Inalytics uses vast amounts of data to assess the performance of investment managers super funds potentially want to hire or have already awarded a mandate. Conversely, the London-based ...

MLC Life hires general manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... was most recently the head of portfolio management for individual life at TAL where she oversaw the commercial performance of the retail and direct businesses. Her career to date spans customer retention, claims and underwriting insights, pricing, analytics ...

Draft regulation on YFYS released

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... their superannuation and help address any anomalies that different cost definitions might cause when comparing the performance of different products." The new consultation on the regulation released yesterday runs until May 25.

MSCI launches life sciences indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. The partnership with Nasdaq-listed Royalty Pharma will measure the performance of companies focused on delivering new and innovative therapeutic treatments related to virology and oncology. Royalty Pharma ...

Chief economist update: The pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... Australian Financial Review (AFR). But as I like saying, Christmas doesn't come everyday. No siree! Still, the performance of the US equities market - as measured by the S&P 500 index - this year to date had been up 2 to 1 (up 10 weeks, down 5 weeks) ...