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Industry flocks to JobKeeper handouts

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Nearly 13,500 businesses in financial services and insurance enrolled for JobKeeper payments, according to an industry-level breakdown from the Australian Taxation Office. JobKeeper enrolments crossed 835,000 businesses employing over 5.5 million workers ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
With investors caught in a nasty tug of war between the dire economic reality and the hope of a virus cure, industry leaders have warned of the potential for further downside. And with macro threats looming, markets, already fragile from a period of ...

Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Forget Australia's simmering political and trade tension with China, there's one building right inside our very borders. Canberra's worried that Beijing's ban on beef imports, increased tariff on barley could extend to boycott of Australia's ...

VIC, TAS lead Australia: CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
Victoria remains Australia's strongest performing economy, but it now shares top spot with Tasmania, according to the latest CommSec State of the States report. The latest CommSec economic rankings revealed how the state and territory economies were ...

SMSF auditors come under fire

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The corporate watchdog has disqualified, suspended and added additional conditions to six different self-managed super fund auditors as it works to ensure the industry meets competency and expertise standards. Auditors from around the country suffered ...

Credit value exists in emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Despite the havoc wrung on emerging markets (EM) by both COVID-19 and now the oil crash, a global fixed interest investment manager still sees value in the higher quality part of the market. Western Asset Management said the double-barreled shocks of ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
Despite improving investor sentiment and inflows into emerging markets, the coronavirus pandemic will have a significant economic impact on several countries, as they struggle to manage the health emergency. That's according to Amundi Asset Mangement ...

Australia versus the world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
While industry professionals praised the government's stimulus package, the International Monetary Fund seems convinced it's not enough. So who is right? The IMF predicted that global growth will be -3.3% this year, while Australia's GDP will be significantly ...

Chief economist update: The cheaper alternative

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
"Australia is following in the COVID-19 footsteps of the UK and experts are warning the floodgates are likely to open soon." This statement -- printed by the Australian Financial Review - talked about the rising number of infections in the UK and how ...

Former ANZ adviser banned

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
ASIC has banned a Western Australia-based adviser from providing financial services for four years. The regulator said it had been surveilling Anthony Hilsley's activities when he was an authorised representative of RI Advice Group, owned at that time ...