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Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... highest level of Factset's (1990), surpassing the 80.86 registered during the Great Recession and Global Financial Crisis of 2008. It was the best of times... Fast forward three months and every single index has rallied into a bull market at the ...

JBWere to add 50 to team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... some clients come under increased pressure, and their focus has remained on providing support. "Amidst the COVID-19 health crisis, we've seen our clients in the charitable sector come under significant pressure as revenues drop while demand on their ...

Mandates from superannuation funds slow

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... asset classes including fixed income were flat at under $100 million each. "Everyone's been obsessed with the COVID crisis. Now is not the time to be swapping investment mandates," Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin ...

Super reform should happen, but not now: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... Chief executive of the Grattan Institute John Daley said policy priorities need to reflect the new reality created by the crisis. "Governments should stick to their knitting, or Australia's economy and society could unravel," Daley said. "Governments ...

Challenges abound as super poises for COVID-19 recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... superannuation, as well as a push towards investing for the world of the future (or a green-led recovery from the COVID-19 crisis). Of note, Frawley argued that the super system may be facing fresh risks as it dives into a recession. "The other [issue] ...

Industry super pours $19.5bn into Australian recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... survey of industry super funds, IFM Investors and the Industry Super Property Trust. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, industry super funds have poured millions into Aussie businesses, helping them rebuild and expand at a time when they need ...

Chief economist update: Extraordinarily uncertain outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... We have entered an important new phase and have done so sooner than expected," he said. This is because, he notes: "The crisis was met by swift and forceful policy action across the government, including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ...

Perth hit worst in housing crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
The stringent government response to COVID-19 has undoubtedly placed the property market cycle on the cusp of another downswing, says CoreLogic's head of research Eliza Owen. Property value declines have been fairly mild, so far this year, with national ...

ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... been put to one of its toughest market tests with the COVID-19 pandemic. "While the social and economic fallout from the crisis is still playing out, and most responsible investors are guided by a longer time horizon, initial analysis and results are ...

Chief economist update: Still the best and better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... supports a return to positive growth next year, without any significant long-lasting impact on growth potential once the crisis passes".