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Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
In its latest commodity markets outlook, the World Bank has warned prices will likely remain high through to the end of 2024 and the transition to cleaner energy may be delayed. It comes as latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows the largest ...

Joining the 1% around the world: Analysis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... inequality around the world, money.co.uk (a UK-based comparison site) has analysed the Knight Frank Wealth Report 2021 and World Bank data on the adjusted net national income per capita statistics to determine how long a person would have to work on ...

Chief economist update: Chinese manufacturing ramps up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... March 2021 'Interim Economic Outlook' report pencilled in a 7.8% expansion this year. In January this year, the World Bank (WB) forecast China's GDP to grow by 7.9% in 2021 predicated on "the release of pent-up demand and a quicker-than-expected ...

Chief economist update: Strike while iron ore cools

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... OECD's March 2021 Interim Economic Outlook report pencilled in a 7.8% expansion this year. In January this year, the World Bank (WB) forecast China's GDP to grow by 7.9% in 2021 predicated on "the release of pent-up demand and a quicker-than-expected ...

Chief economist update: When 6%-plus growth is deemed too low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... March 2021 'Interim Economic Outlook' report pencilled in a 7.8% expansion this year. In January this year, the World Bank (WB) forecast China's GDP to grow by 7.9% in 2021 predicated on "the release of pent-up demand and a quicker-than-expected ...

Fifth pillar in retirement system considered

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... discussed the possibility of a fifth pillar in Australia's retirement income system based on a suggestion from the World Bank in 2008. The review noted that currently Australia has three pillars: the Age Pension, compulsory superannuation and voluntary ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... accommodative going forward. So much so, that the IMF forecasts global growth to rise from 2.9% in 2019 to 3.3% in 2020 and the World Bank projects growth of 2.5% in 2020 from 2.4%. What could be better for the Australian equity market? What's better ...

Chief economist update: The power of money (and a cure)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
"...and I think to myself, what a wonderful world." -- Louis Armstrong It seems a long, long time ago but it's only been three whole trading days (June 11) since Wall Street suffered a big fall - the day US benchmark equity indices closed sharply ...

Chief economist update: The second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Wall Street is down! Repeat, Wall Street is down! At the close of last night's trading activity all US benchmark equity indices closed sharply lower: Dow (6.9%), S&P 500 (5. 9%), Nasdaq (5.3%), Russell 2000 (7.6%). Financial market wire and web ...

Chief economist update: Equity market disconnect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... doesn't mean that it'll be smooth sailing from here. In its June 2020 'Global Economic Prospects' report, the World Bank (WB) sees world GDP growth dropping from an estimated +2.4% in 2019 to -5.2% this year (a sharp 7.7 percentage point ...

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Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY
Australian Food Super, the superannuation fund set up for employees in the meat industry, has named Michael Sykes as its new CEO.

mFunds sparked ASX outage, $1m credit issued

KARREN VERGARA
The ASX said the outage from last month largely stemmed from the now-defunct mFunds and will subsequently credit participants $1 million to make amends.

Aussie shares cost 8% more on rebalance days: Dimensional

KARREN VERGARA
Investing in the S&P/ASX 300 on a day it rebalances puts an 8% premium on share prices, a phenomenon that follows major global indices, new research from Dimensional Fund Advisors finds.

Rest appoints first-ever chief of staff

ANDREW MCKEAN
Rest has appointed a senior wealth management leader and superannuation expert from Insignia Financial to take the reins as chief of staff.

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