Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 521 - 530 of 2165 results for "Recovery"

IRESS advances surprise bid for OneVue

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... an offer to acquire OneVue, whose shareholders have been waiting on the company's previously-announced buyback and recovery of money owed to it by Sargon entities. IRESS is offering to buy all of OneVue for 40 cents per share in cash, which would ...

Wage growth, not wage cuts

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... Economics visiting fellow, and former senior public servant Michael Keating argued wage growth could help in the economic recovery. "When wages grow, spending grows (so-called 'aggregate demand'), and so does the economy, as measured by gross domestic ...

Red tape to slow recovery: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... tackle some of these issues then the economy will just meander along." Lowe said the shape and timing of Australia's recovery depends not only on when restrictions are lifted, but also on the confidence that people have about their own health and their ...

Chief economist update: Better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... evidence so far is that our mid-March package is working as expected and it is helping build the necessary bridge to the recovery. The shape and timing of that recovery depends not only on when restrictions are lifted, but also on the confidence that ...

Let's not waste the crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... reopen, business leaders have been called upon to harness the learnings of the crisis as we move into the next stage of recovery. Flexible working, reduced business travel, worker's rights, board diversity, executive remuneration, and long term sustainability ...

Is the worst yet to come?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... a second wave. "If you think about what markets are pricing, they went from pricing Armageddon to pricing a 'V' shape recovery in a relatively short space of time," Doyle said. "I think the reality is probably somewhere in the middle. "For those of us ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... prepare for the next generation" (released on May 27), the European Commission (EC) "put forward its proposal for a major recovery plan". As per Factset: "The European Commission announced its proposal for a €750B recovery plan and a 2021-27 budget ...

House prices expected to tumble

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... by as much as 15% next year, while Melbourne could see a 17% drop. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham said a U-shaped recovery and COVID-19-related policies are likely to take their toll on the property market. However, it was noted that the gains accumulated ...

Banks urged to step up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... Australia governor Philip Lowe and APRA chair Wayne Byres have called on the big banks to support the Australian COVID-19 recovery, rather than their shareholders. Speaking during a FINSIA webinar, Lowe said over the past decade APRA had worked with ...

Small caps soar amid accelerated revolution

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... April, both small and large caps bounced back - with small caps disproportionately reaping the rewards of the COVID-19 recovery. The index has lifted 18.3% since the beginning of April, compared to the top 50 lifting only 3.2%. Although returns have ...