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Qualitas readies new fund with GURNER

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... It is now a completely different proposition with significant upside." "Multi-family is an asset class with a long-term outlook - and our long-term outlook for the property market across all of Australia's major cities is very positive."

Chief economist update: Australia is out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... COVID-19 cases." Household consumption sans Victoria contributed four percentage points to the September quarter growth. The outlook is even brighter should the larger-than-expected gain in employment in October continue, boosting consumer confidence ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... 2022," the RBA said. The Australian central bank's optimism was almost immediately backed up by the 'OECD Economic Outlook, December 2020' report released on the same day that upgraded the country's growth forecast to a 3.8% contraction ...

Franking credits more important than ever

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... franking yield of 4.3%. We expect this to be sustainable in the foreseeable future and believe there remains a positive outlook for the price of iron ore," Gardner said. "Rio Tinto and BHP are other notable dividend payers at the moment which offer retirees ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... the price of iron ore is way above the Australian Federal Treasury's forecast. In its Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) handed down in October, it maintained its assumption for iron ore prices to drop to US$55 per tonne. The Budget Papers ...

Pan-Asian equities to perform well: Longlead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... outperformed global peers in 2020 which is expected to continue in 2021, according to Longlead's 2021 Pan-Asian Investment Outlook. Longlead Capital's chief investment officer Tim Campbell said: "As a firm, we are seeing very strong interest from institutional ...

COVID-19 to remain dominant in 2021

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... provide income and diversification - is more imperative than ever." Similarly, T.Rowe Price released its Global Market Outlook, however said the market sell-off seen at the start of this year proved diversification is not enough. "Politics and the coronavirus ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... containment of the second wave (notwithstanding fresh reports of infections in South Australia) has improved domestic economic outlook. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe thought as much. In his address at the annual dinner of the Committee ...

Chief economist update: We're not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... not only will it give it encouragement and hope, it will also start to begin to reduce the level of uncertainty over the outlook for the future," Bailey said. "We're not really there yet, but that is important for monetary policy because we are having ...

Chief economist update: A V, a W and an L

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... of 56.0 from 54.6 - a 20-month high. Even better, both the manufacturing and services sectors are optimistic over the outlook for business activity in 2021, giving the next occupant of the White House a better starting point. The letter W. The IHS/Markit ...