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Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... overtaken its previous peak of 13,008,670 before the pandemic and the social restrictions and lockdowns. Employment to population ratio increased to 62.6% - back to where it was in February 2020. Underemployment rate decreased to 7.9% - below pre-pandemic ...

Super fund liquidity could be better: RBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... preemptively rebalance towards cash. Funds should consider updating their LMPs in line with this, the bank said. "As the population ages and the superannuation system matures, it is reasonable to expect the scale of member switching activity to increase ...

HNWs change views on advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... half of HNWs, 56%, are now open to receiving advice while 12 months ago only 40% were. "The size of the Australian HNW population remains resilient despite tough market conditions at home and abroad. While the uncertain investing climate had minimal ...

Climate change worse than pandemic: UK regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The chief executive of the UK's Pensions Regulator believes climate change will be more catastrophic to populations' way of life than the COVID-19 pandemic if no action is taken. The comments came as The Pensions Regulator chief executive Charles ...

Nuveen drives global ESG capabilities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of agriculture to everyday societies, with food essential to a growing population. "The FAO estimate that $350 billion of investment is needed annually by agriculture and the supply chain to develop sustainable ...

Crescent Foundation partnership to mentor refugees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... amazing contributors in the workplace and society. "They tend to be proportionately younger than the broader Australian population and display the highest degrees of entrepreneurialism, generating a far higher proportion of their income from their own ...

Investor population rises for global equities

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... Investing Report found that 435,000 Australians placed their first trade in the last 12 months, bringing the total population of active online investors to a record 1.25 million. "Young Australians are increasingly embracing investing, with one in six ...

Women don't own fair share of super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... Rainmaker Information has highlighted the stark gender gap in superannuation savings. Despite making up half of the population, women only own roughly 40% of the funds under management in super - equating to approximately $1.2 trillion. Rainmaker found ...

Aged care RC unveils 148 recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... the union said. Household Capital chief executive Joshua Funder said: "The challenge of meeting the needs of an aging population will only be met when we come together to ensure that older Australians have access to appropriate housing, funding, care ...

Chief economist update: The vaccine has landed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... vaccine in Phase 3. If all goes according to plan, that's more than sufficient to cover all of Australia's population of 25.7 million (as at 30 June 2020, Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show). Water, water everywhere but not all wants ...