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Chief economist update: US consumer power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... above its long-term average of 3.7%. US personal consumption expenditure accounts for around 70% of the US economy. They have jobs, they feel richer - the S&P 500 index has risen by 24.1% this year to date; the S&P/Case-Shiller US National Home Price ...

IFM to spend $25bn on Aussie infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... will spend $25 billion on Australian infrastructure over the next decade, in what it says is expected to create 50,000 new jobs. The industry-fund-owned fund manager will invest in existing assets including electricity distributor Ausgrid, international ...

Aviva restructures, plans new retirement focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... opted to retain, along with its Chinese operations. According to reports, the restructure will see the removal of about 2000 jobs over the next three years. Aviva is aiming for cost reductions of £300 million in net savings by 2022. Aviva chief executive ...

The AUD is key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... to US$0.62 at the onset of the GFC," I wrote. "The A$/US$ exchange rate has currently fallen to US$0.6786 (following the jobs report) but it has risen and remains above the US$0.6704 low plumbed after the RBA's third interest rate cut on October ...

Hume blasts super merger laggards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... groups halting mergers until they receive compensation, arguments over board composition and directors fearing for their own jobs. Hume went on to bust those myths, before slamming the industry for its rationalisation of failures. "It's not the legislative ...

Chief economist update: How low will Lowe go?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... after the release of worse-than-expected Australian labour market report. Duh! If financial markets were waiting for the jobs report to raise the odds of another Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) rate reduction, they're too late. The only question ...

Defined contribution: A global perspective

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... the key problems that we're facing, along with the fact that people can take their money out of their plans as they switch jobs." Lucas said leakage was an issue in the US - with people withdrawing or taking loans from their retirement savings - but ...

What finance professionals are really paid

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... the most sought after workplaces next year, along with investment banks. When finance professionals are switching between jobs within similar industries, Michael Page found they expect salary increases of between 10-15%. On salaries, the median business ...

Chief economist update: Weak household consumption now a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... persons just got a tax rebate since July, the prospect of continued lacklustre growth in wages (along with concerns over the jobs and economic outlooks) are keeping consumers from spending. This is underscored by the latest retail sales report that showed ...

Chief economist update: Good news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... precedence of talk breakdowns but hoping for the best. The US labour market remains robust with the economy adding 128,000 jobs in October, way more than consensus expectations for just an 89,000 gain and the unemployment rate remained near September's ...