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Chief economist update: The (dot) plot thickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... significantly on the course of the virus. Progress on vaccinations will likely continue to reduce the effects of the public health crisis on the economy, but risks to the economic outlook remain."

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... envelope of â,¬1,850 billion until at least the end of March 2022 and, in any case, until it judges that the coronavirus crisis phase is over". Sure, activity and leading economic indicators in the region had significantly improved. So much so, that ...

Chief economist update: Deflated expectations lift deflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... wage negotiations, falling below 2% for the time since 2013 and the slowest pace since the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis". Not only that, Japan's fourth coronavirus wave has prompted mister and missus Miyagi to be more frugal -- BOJ estimated ...

Hostplus holds on to MySuper top spot

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... noting that the strong post COVID-19 recovery is very similar to the returns rally observed after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC)," the report said. "From November 2009 to May 2010, rolling one-year MySuper returns stayed above 10%, going as high as ...

Government to strengthen FMI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... Australia (RBA) previously handed a report to government with recommendations to increase their powers to intervene to manage a crisis and pre-emptively identify and manage risks. FMIs are the entities that enable and facilitate trading in capital markets. ...

State Super rejigs defensives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... many funds turned to all sorts of instruments inside cash allocations," Livanas said, referring to the Global Financial Crisis. "We are in a similar environment now where cash is not presenting itself with types of returns [it used to]. Unlike other ...

Last day to vote in MAX Awards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... RARE Infrastructure Income Fund Fidante - Ares Global Credit Income Fund QSuper - QSuper Lifetime Pension AIA Australia - Crisis Extension Cover PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCY OF THE YEAR BlueChip Communication Honner PritchittBland Mountain Media Reverb Media ...

UBS, Nomura cop fines over bond cartel

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... customers or to the market in general) in multilateral chatrooms on Bloomberg terminals. It went on during the financial crisis, between 2007 and 2011. EC says it affected the entire European Economic Area. In all seven banks were involved, but four ...

Accessing super cements inequality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... work," the report's author Emily Porter, who is a fellow with the Brotherhood of St Lawrence, said. "The impacts of the crisis were uneven. This is just one of the many crises that we'll face and the most disadvantaged will be hard hit. Put simply, those ...

Tempered positivity post-pandemic: Experts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... shifted the social contract, changing the expectations people have of governments and the financial system in times of crisis. "There are reasons to be suspicious about 'build back better'... different people have different ideas of what better means," ...