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Chief economist update: Australian wages slow but still grow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... recorded in April 2020 (the lowest in the survey's 47-year history). However, the bullish headline consumer sentiment figure is tempered by the survey's Unemployment Expectations Index which increased to a reading of 132.0 in November from 122.2 ...

Spaceship launches new managed fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
Spaceship is adding a new active equities product to its managed funds lineup, with the fees waived off for first $5000 and 10bps per year after. The Spaceship Earth Portfolio is the third fund in Spaceship Voyager, its $225 million managed funds offering ...

Shipton's tax bill under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... chair was appointed to provide taxation advice. Our concerns around that were that the initial advice was for a much lower figure..." Hehir said. "The original decision to undertake the procurement was for $9000." When KPMG was approached to provide ...

Chief economist update: We're not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
"Curb your enthusiasm" was the overriding message from the world's top three central bankers at the annual ECB Forum on Central Banking 2020, held online on November 11-12. The head honchos of the US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and the ...

Millions of workers facing financial stress: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... one in five female employees reported severe or moderate levels of financial stress in 2020, which is almost double the figure recorded for male employees (11%). AMP said younger women are particularly at risk, with 23% of those aged 18 to 34 reporting ...

CBA feels pressure of low rates, profits down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
Commonwealth Bank of Australia reported a decrease in cash profit down for the September quarter due to lower margins and higher expenses. The preliminary figures show cash profits down 16% to $1.8 billion on the same period in the previous year. The ...

Chief economist update: More money for reimposed lockdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
"Money, money, money Always sunny..." - ABBA The US presidential election remains undecided. The US Federal Reserve met and decided to keep the status quo - the complete opposite of the happenings on the other side of the Atlantic where both fiscal ...

Pendal profits tumble 25%

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... lower net profit after tax in the year ending September, even as inflows started to pick up in the last three months. The figure includes its seed investments' movements which were marked-to-market. If it weren't for them, Pendal's NPAT would ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The US has reversed its biggest economic contraction in history with the sharpest recovery on record. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the country's GDP increased at annualised rate of 33.1% in the September 2020 quarter following ...

New super benchmarking flawed: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
The government's new Your Future, Your Super investment performance benchmarking is flawed and will have unintended consequences, according to Rice Warner. Rice Warner said the proposed package to implement some of the recommendations by the Productivity ...