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Future Fund increases cash again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... return for 2020 is still below the target return of 4.4%, which is set at CPI plus 4-5% over the long-term. It is also a sharp contrast to 2019's pre-COVID returns of 14.3%. Longer-term returns (three-years and beyond) remain above the target. Future ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
In its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted a shallower contraction in world output for the year ended 2020 - minus 3.5%, down from the October forecast of a 4.4% contraction and the 4.9% decline it ...

Chief economist update: Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... extension of its quantitative easing measures. This could particularly be the case if the rise in activity is accompanied by a sharp decline in unemployment. "Risk"? Isn't organic growth much better than gasping on life support?

Global equities continue to soar: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Global equities fared better than Australian equities in the three years to September on a risk adjusted-basis, a new RMetrics report finds. Rainmaker's quarterly RMetrics report looked at Australian and global shares across 270 products. On a risk-adjusted ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... punctuated by the higher than expected increase 7.3% year-on-year increase in industrial production in December 2020 - a sharp improvement from the 1.1% contraction recorded in March last year. Rising industrial production equals rising industrial demand. ...

Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
The Chinese yuan has seen a sharp appreciation, leading major Chinese news outlets to report that the government would be relaxing rules to make it simpler to settle the currency internationally. 'Twas less than one and a half years ago that the ...

Praemium sees benefits of scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
Praemium saw a sharp rise in the December quarter as a result of its acquisition of Powerwrap, showcasing the benefit of increased scale. The platform saw a 69% increase year-on-year in global funds under administration (FUA), lifting the business to ...

Australia in China's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... year-on-year gain -- the second continued month that it had been in the black following seven straight months of contraction and a sharp recovery from the 24.5% drop recorded in February this year. Australia can now only look on and imagine what could ...

Chief economist update: China keeps on going and going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
If not for its ongoing diplomatic and trade tensions with Beijing, Australia would be beaming and congratulating China for the strengthening momentum in its economy and this, after having survived the pandemic without plunging into a recession. After ...

Chief economist update: Australia is out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... and lockdown guidelines. We're not quite there yet. The economy remains 3.8% lighter than it was a year ago but the sharp advance in the main component of GDP - household consumption - portends good tidings. Here's the ABS' take: "Household ...