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Chief economist update: Working nine to five, barely getting by

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
"Workin' 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin' Barely gettin' by, it's all takin' and no givin'..." - Dolly Parton The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the growth of wages among the country's workers ...

Compensation bill hits $750m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... customers, at almost 2000 out of the 193,167 who have been offered compensation by the company. ASIC did not reveal all the statistics for Macquarie due to an agreed enforceable undertaking between the two parties allowing Macquarie Equities to undertake ...

Robo-advice to be worth US$1.4 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... This number has jumped five times to 70.5 million this year, demonstrating 54% year-on-year growth," it said. "The statistics indicate that the number of investors using robo-adviser financial planning services will hit 147 million by 2023, eleven times ...

Industry split over super fee hike

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... "reduces the funds available to cover administration costs, products and services for all members". According to APRA statistics, in June 2019 AustralianSuper had 241,000 accounts with a balance of less than $1000. Half of all its accounts have less ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
The stats are out and they reveal that Australia's inflation genie is still inside Aladdin's lamp. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index report showed headline inflation inched to 1.8% in the year to the December ...

SMSFA chief slams regulators, FASEA

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... they were unbalanced and inappropriate," he said. "The average expense figure represented a questionable use of ATO statistics, as a more appropriate figure would relate to the median operational and investment costs of funds under $500,000, which is ...

Chief economist update: Strength in jobs downs RBA rate cut expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... expectations with markets pricing in only a 24% chance of a February rate cut from 60% a day before the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) release the "good news" on the domestic labour market. Not surprisingly, the Australian jumped by more than ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... of 134.0 points is above its long-term average of 130.0 and is 8.4% higher than a year ago. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release its December 2019 update on the labour market today. However, the estimates are likely to be distorted ...

Investment boutique makes PIMCO hire

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... the end of 2019. Ryan has also worked at AustralianSuper as a senior analyst, at Australian National University as a statistics lecturer, and AMP Capital and Commonwealth Bank in quantitative strategy. The newly created research team will support portfolio ...

Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... month and the de-escalation of tensions between the US and Iran. All good but even better is the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) latest update on the country's retail spending. The ABS reported that retail sales jumped by 0.9% in the month ...