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Aussie stocks burnt in blaze

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements, the Federal Government covers 50-75% of the recovery costs incurred by the States above given thresholds meaning the total cost is largely out of the Federal Government's control. S&P have confirmed ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... he said. "Australia's economic and corporate earnings outlook appears relatively weak compared to that of the United States. And having the S&P/ASX 200 at 7,000 points implies the market is trading at a relatively high 18.3 times forward earnings ...

Regulation costly, time consuming: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... maintaining bilateral agreements with most other major financial centres. "Although Australia is a smaller market than the United States, the sophistication, size, and structure of our financial services sector could provide similar advantages and make ...

Insurers halt sales to fire-affected areas

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... fire-affected areas in New South Wales and Victoria. Suncorp and IAG have put a temporary embargo on areas across both states in a move to stop people from panic-buying insurance at the last moment before their homes are destroyed. Speaking to Financial ...

Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... logistical support for small businesses, tourism­ operators and key regiona­l industries ravaged by the bushfire disaster," it states. That's on top of the A$2 billion the prime minister announced earlier this year for the establishment of the ...

China's growth to slow: PIMCO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
PIMCO is forecasting a slowdown in China's GDP growth in 2020 as tensions between the Asian nation and the United States continue into the New Year. The company's global economic advisor, Joachim Fels, and chief investment officer global fixed income ...

Rising tensions to weigh on markets: Moody's

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
While tensions between the United States and Iran are not a new development the significant escalation following a US drone strike in Iraq, which killed Iranian Major General Qassem Suleimani, has caused concerns over the effect on global markets. Moody's ...

Greater potential for smart beta: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... of smart beta and why they may prefer that option to a market-weighted index product," the latest Rainmaker ETP report states. "On the whole, we suspect there is greater potential for smart beta in the international equities space than in Australian ...

Chief economist update: Oil's well that ends 2019 well

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... account of lower output from participants in the OPEC+ deal and a weaker growth outlook for Brazil, Ghana and the United States. Even so, with our demand outlook unchanged, there could still be a surplus of 0.7 mb/d in the market in 1Q20." The IEA left ...

Practice profitability at risk: MLC Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... annual premium of $2,125 to earn $425, which only covers at most one hour of a client review or change time," the research states. "Grandfathered commissions from pre-2018 policies are much lower than 20% and lie mainly in a range of 5% to 10%, so would ...