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Crescent Wealth invests in water rights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... drivers of water entitlement value are factors that influence irrigators' capacity to pay for water. "These include productivity gains farmers are able to achieve on their operations and through moves to higher value cropping systems which enable farms ...

Financial stress at record highs: AMP

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
Australian workers' financial stress has risen sharply, costing the economy $67 billion in lost productivity annually. According to AMP's 2022 Financial Wellness report, stress is higher than ever, almost doubling over the past two years. "The ...

Will big super's unlisted investments amplify retirement savings?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... higher returns at relatively low risk, an ISA report said. What's more, it added that "they create jobs, increase productivity and fuel economic growth." ISA deputy chief executive Mathew Linden explained that exposures to listed markets remain very ...

NAB falls after cost growth revision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... additional full-time equivalent, and higher personnel and leave costs. Though, the latter costs were partially offset by productivity. FY22 cost growth is now expected to be approximately 3-4% which includes a top-up payroll and customer related remediation ...

RBA spotlights inflation risk of higher wages

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... considered in the context of cost of living increases and broader economic conditions, but with profits at record levels, productivity high and labour's share of GDP at an all-time low, working people cannot continue to see real pay cuts after a ...

GDP rises but headwinds abound

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... near-trend growth with a tighter fiscal and monetary policy." National Accounts data released by the ABS showed that productivity has grown at almost twice the average rate over the past decade and that profits are increasing at more than 20%. This could ...

What the election result means for ESG

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... signals that governments will no longer only be held accountable by traditional metrics like growth, employment, and productivity, but also by progress against a wide range of ESG matters. Frontier believes the path taken to achieve these headline objectives ...

US Fed indicates several more half-percentage rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... getting inflation back toward target without tipping the economy into recession." "Of course, a fortuitous mix of productivity gains, unblocked supply chains, increasing labour force participation, financial market resilience and the deft execution of ...

Crestone warns on economic challenges

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... inflation, Crestone said that key questions will focus on the LNP's ability to control the budget, boost Australia's productivity growth, along with all the other factors that will contribute to keep inflation and interest rates at manageable levels. ...

Westpac architects new institutional banking platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... planning the next step in that evolution for our institutional clients. "The new platform will enable us to improve productivity and cost-efficiencies while simplifying processes and making it easier for our customers to do business with us." Founder ...