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Tasmania remains best performing state: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... Australia and Victoria came in at equal fifth, Queensland seventh and the Northern Territory is eighth. CommSec chief economist Craig James said: "Overall, Australia's state and territory economies are in strong shape, well supported by significant fiscal ...

Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... many nations around the world and yet inflation remained dead. So much so that in its 13 April 2013 publication, The Economist printed "The death of inflation" with the tagline "Central banks in the rich world may have been too successful in subduing ...

Leadership changes at Vanguard Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
... Alexis Gray has been appointed as head of the Investment Strategy Group (ISG) Asia Pacific. She is currently a senior economist within ISG, which is Vanguard's global research team. Vanguard head of fixed income for Asia Pacific, Geoff Parrish, will ...

Clime continues to shed directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... Wynne is currently the mayor of the Woollahra and sits on the board of ASX-listed MoneyMe. Kollo is currently the chief economist at Faethm AI and previously worked at HESTA as general manager of quantitative solutions and risk, and was the deputy head ...

Tax incentive could boost affordable housing: ISA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... home hurt the retirement savings of young people, ISA pointed to research from economists - including former ANZ chief economist Saul Eslake - that shows handing cash to first home buyers does not promote home ownership. Rather, systemic issues are making ...

Hyperion Asset Management builds out team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... multi-asset portfolios. Clarke previously spent eight years at the Reserve Bank of Australia as a senior analyst and an economist. Finally, Sam Parcell has taken on the role of research associate. He spent over two years as an investment analyst at Sandhurst ...

YFYS will impact advisers too

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
Sunsuper chief economist Brian Parker addressed the Association of Financial Advisers' annual conference to explain what the Your Future, Your Super reforms mean for financial advisers. "These reforms are really important for our members, your clients ...

Recovery set to slow: OECD

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... reducing the capital gains tax discount. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said he has no plans to raise GST. BetaShares chief economist David Bassanese said the recommendations have a "snowball's chance in hell" of ever making it through Australia's political ...

Kiwi markets regulator names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... sector that primarily exports financial services and represents around 25% of Gibraltar's economy. She is also a former economist at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and worked at the Financial Services Authority in London (now known as the Financial ...

Economic recap: Week to September 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is concerned but not alarmed at the growing cases of Delta variant infections that's wreaking havoc on the lives and livelihood in Australia's two biggest states - New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria (VIC). ...