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Magellan's largest client asked to review costs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
An activist shareholder is asking for a cost review at Magellan's biggest client, St James Place. But the risk to Magellan is low, says Credit Suisse. The UK wealth manager has been using Magellan's strategies since 2011 and was its first overseas client. ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... been just over a month when Yoshihide Suga took over from Shinzo Abe - who resigned for health reasons -- as Japan's prime minister. It wasn't a great time for a handover given the significantly weakened state of the global and domestic economies ...

Release the Retirement Income Review: Labor

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... Australians draining their superannuation when a 30 year old will be $95,000 worse off at retirement," Jones said. "The Prime Minister and Treasurer are keen to promote unlikely allies - large charities and a few left-leaning economists - in its ideological ...

Chief economist update: Winter of Europe's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... the worst affected areas and could close restaurants in the Paris region on Monday, if numbers continue to rise. Italian Prime Minister Conte said he will ask parliament to extend the country's state of emergency to the end of January, as the government ...

Fintechs receive JobMaker funding boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... agencies ($3.6m); and Improvement of digital skills to help connect workers and small and medium-sized businesses ($2.5m). Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the initiatives are in addition to the government's $4.5 billion NBN investment to provide "ultra-fast ...

Tax concessions, infrastructure in focus for budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
The Prime Minister has given an indication of what will be revealed in next week's federal budget with a focus on tax cuts and increased infrastructure spending. Prime Minister Scott Morrison gave the insight during his National Press Club address ...

Chief economist update: Morrison manufactures Australia's future

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... more options to guard against supply chain vulnerability for critical necessities and to secure us against future shocks," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. With these words, Morrison -- the most powerful Australian in 2020 (as voted in AFR Magazine's ...

Chief economist update: Australia's third arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... coronavirus should be shallow and short-lived. This becomes not only possible but highly probable - to borrow from ex-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - with the aid of a "third arrow". Its name is China. The Australian economy would have been in a ...

Real estate manager launches fresh fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... supermarket, as well as 45 specialty non-discretionary focused goods and services retailers. The shopping centre also boasts a prime location, superior car parking and a significant government employment base, the investment manager said. Elanor believes ...

No evidence lower SG will result in higher wages: ACTU summit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... asked specifically if they would cut their salaries and they said no." Hewson pointed to the example made by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and lambasted the Morrison government for being unwilling to show solidarity with their own nation. ...