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Super ASX dominance trends down: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... managers of scale offer value to investors, businesses and society by injecting capital into the businesses that drive the economy. It also states that, if investors of scale were to take a backseat, smaller and individual investors would be disadvantaged. ...

Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... September" (see third bullet point). RBA governor Philip Lowe and Co.'s decision was backed by their rosy outlook on the economy despite the recent outbreak of the Delta variant in Australia's three biggest states - New South Wales, Victoria ...

Economic recap: Week to July 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... figures were released. However, the US central bank hinted that it could start "tapering" asset purchases soon because "the economy has made progress toward these goals [employment and inflation] despite the resurgence of infections and "vaccination ...

Pandemic hasn't killed retail: Airlie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... money gets spent very tightly. It goes obviously to the tourism operators; it doesn't get spent broadly across the economy." Fisher sees the Australian consumer as being in great shape, and historically retailers have benefited from the health of ...

Aon, Willis Towers Watson terminate merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... regulator. "The DOJ position overlooks that our complementary businesses operate across broad, competitive areas of the economy," he said. "We are confident that the combination would have accelerated our shared ability to innovate on behalf of clients ...

Economic recap: Week to July 23

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... would be eased as soon as this week. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg estimates that the NSW lockdown is costing the economy $700 million a week. Some estimate a hit to the economy of up to $1 billion weekly. Both agree that the longer the lockdown ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... contributed a regular column to a Japanese financial newspaper. From 1987 to 2006, he contributed a fortnightly column on the economy and investments to the Business Review Weekly and now contributes a fortnightly column on investments for The Australian. ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... this year's high of 1.74% recorded at the end of March. IHS Markit's US PMI survey supported concerns that the economy has reached its peaked. While still at a reading indicating expansion, the composite PMI slowed to a lower than expected 63.7 ...

Life insurance drives economy: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... customer engagement and noted life insurance provides stable, long-term investment and injects significant funds into the economy. Life insurance channels household savings into productive investment, enables risk to be managed efficiently, complements ...

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... markets concerned over increased restrictions or delayed reopening. These affirm ECB president Lagarde's view that the economy while starting to rebound, it remains fragile. Similarly, flash estimates of Eurozone inflation - core inflation eased ...