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Jobs data surprises on the upside, rate hike on the cards

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... rise is a more positive shift in the trend or mostly statistical noise, given that most of the other recent survey indicators for the economy show weakening. "The sharp rise in employment in June, followed two months which had netted to a close to flat ...

ASIC calls out platform trustees: 'Clear breach of trust'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... licensees' and if they use lead generators or third-party referral sources along with inadequate monitoring of key risk indicators such as member churn, patterns in fees, holding limits and unusual fund flows. APRA wrote to trustees in in October last ...

FEATURE | Aged care: The longevity dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... earlier stage and help with radiographic imagining. And all of this also leads into what Lam says is one of the leading indicators for future revenue: research and development (R&D). "Naturally, these companies need to spend a lot of money researching ...

Aware Super dashboard not flashing red just yet

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... set in terms of our stress tests. How do you scenario test that?" he questioned. "How do you create a dashboard of indicators, hopefully leading indicators, alternative data sets, financial market data sets, that you think can inform that scenario to ...

Combating modern slavery difficult but not impossible: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... not issue or provide misleading payslips, deny superannuation payments and pay in cash all aid in practices that are indicators of "modern slavery." Financial Standard is the official media partner of the 2026 RIAA Conference.

'Not much' RBA can do about short-term inflation woes: Hauser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... expect the RBA to remain focused on concerns about excessive inflation in the short run. However, once the activity indicators weaken in a substantial enough way that the RBA is convinced that the jobs market will also loosen more quickly, we expect ...

The three telltale signs of termination for ETPs: Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... three specific conditions are almost nine times more likely to be terminated within the first five years. The three indicators identified by Rainmaker are spreads above 47 basis points, putting the product in the bottom 10% by cost; a monthly trading ...

Jobs rise in line with expectations, RBA hike still likely

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... news. "The ongoing strength in the labour market data is consistent with a modest strengthening in a range of hiring indicators late last year," Bassanese said. "From the RBA's perspective, the failure of the labour market to weaken means it will not ...

Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... liquidity and valuation concerns drove a more moderate risk stance by the month's end. The Institutional Investors Indicators showed that overall allocation exposure to equities continued to rise to their highest since October 2007, while allocations ...

RBA gives bleak economic outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... down." The RBA is also anticipating the unemployment rate will increase gradually to reach 4.6% by mid-2028. " Leading indicators such as job ads, vacancies and employment intentions suggest labour market conditions could ease a little in the near term ...