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Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
Australia is back! Back on track after its economy was cruelly interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This space had been ranting about the virtuous cycle that had been circling around the nation since activity and business and consumer sentiment indicators ...

Praemium FUA up, opens Edinburgh office

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... quarter, up 149% on the previous corresponding period. "Praemium has doubled in size over the past year. Despite the pandemic, the past 12 months have been the most transformational in our story thus far," Praemium chief executive Michael Ohanessian ...

Super fund liquidity could be better: RBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... rate risk on foreign-denominated investments. "Fund-level data show that funds with larger hedging ratios going into the pandemic tended to sell larger shares of foreign equities than other funds," the report reads. "This illustrates that, in most circumstances ...

Atlas Wealth launches mortgage brokerage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... refinance their old ones due to the low interest rate environment. Many expats have packed up and been forced home during the pandemic last year which also added to the demand for this kind of service." Since August 2020, the advice firm has seen many ...

HNWs change views on advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... revealed that high-net-worth investors in Australia have changed their view of professional financial advice since the pandemic. Investment Trends found that there are 485,000 HNW investors in Australia as of September 2020, defined as those with over ...

Chief economist update: ScoMo cannot miss new vaccination target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... the ABS, "job vacancies were 27 per cent higher than 12 months earlier in February 2020, just before the start of the pandemic". "The seasonally adjusted estimates for the February 2021 quarter are as follows: Total job vacancies were 288,700, an increase ...

T.Rowe Price adds to APAC leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... brings a solid risk and controls background to the role, as well as his experiences leading our firmwide response to the pandemic," Dufetel said. "With Mike's leadership and vision, I am confident that we will continue to strengthen our regional ...

Chief economist update: No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... reading of 16.69 points - the lowest since February 2020 before China's coronavirus epidemic turned into a global pandemic. The latest survey conducted by the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) indicate more equity market gains ahead. ...

Chief economist update: Europa rides the bull once again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... growth outlook due to coronavirus mutations and the slow pace vaccinations in the continent. To wit: "...the ongoing pandemic - including the spread of virus mutations - and its implications for economic and financial conditions continued to be sources ...

Climate change worse than pandemic: UK regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... Pensions Regulator believes climate change will be more catastrophic to populations' way of life than the COVID-19 pandemic if no action is taken. The comments came as The Pensions Regulator chief executive Charles Counsell introduced the regulator's ...