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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".

History is repeating itself: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... similarities between the Australian equity market drawdowns and subsequent recoveries of COVID-19 and the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), COVID-19 has proven to be the GFC in fast-forward. It said during this period we have seen the fastest bear market ...

COVID-19 brings trading boom

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... the nabtrade platform that are contrarian by nature and they have taken advantage of buying opportunities through this crisis. There's still large amounts of cash coming into the nabTrade platform, with much of it still to be put to work as investors ...

COVID-19 dampens retirement expectations: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... superannuation education," Rady argued. The survey found that almost 80% of retirees did not seek financial advice during the crisis, with less than a third understanding the investment options available to them in superannuation. Almost two-thirds of ...

ATO cracks down on ERS misuse

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... unfortunate that some individuals have been taking advantage of the scheme meant to assist those in the current time of crisis. "Industry Super Australia has consistently supported this scheme's policy intent of providing help to members in need ...

Investment scams pry $126m from Aussie hands

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... been quick to adapt to local and global events. "The start of 2020 has seen an explosion of scams exploiting the bushfire crisis in Australia as well as the global COVID-19 pandemic," she said. "At a time when Australians can least afford to lose money ...

Unemployment hits 21-year high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... over the past 12 months, from 31.7% to 29.7%. The figures show woman and young people have been the worst affected by the crisis, with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg labelling the figures as devastating. "Female employment fell by 118,000, making up 52% of ...

EM winners, losers emerge in COVID-19 struggle

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... country's transparency in fighting COVID-19 has been less-than-ideal," Cirami said. "The pandemic represents the first EM crisis in which many countries have tried to cut rates as stimulus - previously, such moves typically provoked investors to flee ...