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Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... Economic Outlook, June 2020' report has the Eurozone contracting by more (-10.2%) this year relative to advanced economies (-8.0%). But stock markets are forward looking. And if they believe the OECD and the IMF's latest projections, the Eurozone ...

Chief economist update: Still the best and better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... GDP growth forecast by 1.9 percentage points (from its April 2020 prediction) to 4.9, with the contraction in all G7 economies revised deeper. As luck would have it, the IMF revised the country's outlook - it now expects Australian GDP to fall by ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's Cinderella moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... government - and other Australian state governments; and other world governments - have the welfare of their respective economies and constituents in mind. Much more than central banks trying to strike a balance between unemployment and inflation - the ...

Profound uncertainty remains: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... less severe effect on global output. "For the first time since the Great Depression, both advanced and emerging market economies will be in recession in 2020," she said. "Aside from its unprecedented scale, the Global Lockdown is playing out in ways ...

Industry fund in successor fund transfer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... the best interest of members to "create a stronger, larger fund structure that will be better placed to help provide economies of scale into the future". A notice sent to Zuper members stated that Diversa determined it was unlikely LESF and its sub-plans ...

The secret to neutralising sequencing risk

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... close cousin, zero-interest rate policy (ZIRP) policies," Rachcoff said. "While these were intended to stimulate weak economies, the inevitable result was the increased risk taking needed in portfolios to meet expected rates of return or CPI + thresholds ...

We cannot prevent the blow: PM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... will not be able to save every business. "Australia is expected to have the third lowest fall in GDP in 2020 of all economies surveyed by the OECD," Morrison said. "But the hit to our economy, we must understand, is significant despite our relatively ...

Is a market turning point around the corner?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... historically signaled the aforementioned turning point. "Given the global pandemic that has been sending shock waves through economies in the past months, it's astounding to see that this US led market cap concentration has surpassed the previous historical ...

Chief economist update: Equity market disconnect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... percentage point revision from its January 2020 forecast). The WB downgraded its 2020 GDP growth forecasts for advanced economies by 8.4 percentage points to -7.0%. It expects emerging market and developing economies to contract by 2.5% this year - the ...

Atlas Advisors makes wild investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... animal-friendly and environmentally sustainable way. "These organisations also contribute to building resilient regional economies which generate employment and innovative new experiences and products." Hedley added this may not be the only wild opportunities ...