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Chief economist update: Chinese activity indicators disappoint but growth target intact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... stronger than usual -- as they continue to come off the low base comparisons of the previous year when the coronavirus pandemic hit, prompting the government to impose draconian lockdown measures that virtually froze social and business activity - but ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... past two months, employment increased by around 84,000 people, and was 1% higher in May 2021 than at the start of the pandemic." This is more than three times market expectations for a still not insignificant addition of 30,000 and disproving earlier ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... think there is a lack of coherent housing market strategy for Australia and that this constitutes a barrier to the post-pandemic recovery. Nearly three quarters (73%) of the experts believed that high mortgage debts, reflecting high house prices, raise ...

Perennial to launch fund, hires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... ensuring the resilience and continued growth of many of Australia's businesses, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic," she said. "I am pleased to be joining the team at Perennial, which is one of the largest and most experienced players in the ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... implementation of infrastructure to enable the Government's economic support measures to Australians during the COVID-19 pandemic. "On behalf of all Australians, congratulations to all recipients. Each of these individuals are unique and their story ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
"We have to take the economy through the pandemic and into a recovery phase, which has now started. We need to really anchor the recovery. We always talk about inflation anchoring and we are not oblivious to that. But the recovery needs to be firm ...

CFS, UniSuper win customer satisfaction nods

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... won Major Industry Super Fund of the Year. CFS general manager Kelly Power said 2020 was a year of "disruption from the pandemic and one where we sought to really support our customers during such uncertainty with their financial well-being". "We entered ...

Putting the local property boom in perspective

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... growing market globally. "One year on, Australia's residential market has proved particularly resilient despite a global pandemic, with house price growth of 4.1% in Q3 2020 faring much better than many other countries and territories which experienced ...

Chief economist update: Deflated expectations lift deflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... only that, Japan's fourth coronavirus wave has prompted mister and missus Miyagi to be more frugal -- BOJ estimated pandemic has led to JPY20T in additional savings last year (Factset). Deflated expectations would keep Japan's deflation running ...

CFAs not immune to pay cuts

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... professionals had a pay cut related to COVID-19, according to a new survey that says pay remained relatively resilient during the pandemic. CFA Institute surveyed 4600 investment professionals from its member base across 120 markets in March and April ...