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Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
Down, down, prices are down... big time! The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the country's headline inflation dropped by 1.9% in the June quarter - the largest quarter on quarter decline in the 72-year history that the statistician ...

Queenslanders drain super: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Industry Super Australia (ISA) claims 27% of Queenslanders with a super account have accessed the Early Release of Super (ERS) scheme; the highest proportion in the nation. ISA said over 145,000 Queenslanders have wiped out their retirement savings ...

Tasmania leads the nation: CommSec

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
For the first time since October 2009, Tasmania has taken out CommSec's top gong as the best performing economy in its own right. It replaces Victoria, which has held the top spot in the online stockbroker's State of the States survey - either outright ...

Financial services jobs show signs of recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
The financial services industry saw a significant boost to online job advertisements after suffering a major blow due to COVID-19, according to the latest Sunsuper Australian Job Index report. The financial services industry suffered an early, and extreme ...

12 charged in $17m fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
A joint-agency investigation into an elaborate $17 million fraud has resulted in charges against 12 people. Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigators executed search warrants at 10 locations across Sydney, nine in south-east Queensland and two in ...

Chief economist update: Stop right now, thank you very much

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
"The Australian economy is fighting back." Prime Minister Scott Morrison's declaration referring to the bounce back in the Australian labour market wouldn't have rung hollow had it not been for the second wave in Victoria - the country's ...

Chief economist update: Flattening the rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
The earlier than expected easing of restrictions in Australia that defrosted social and commercial activity has had their desired effect - rebounding business conditions and confidence - and the feared one -- a second wave. The NAB monthly business ...

QIC appoints general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
The Queensland-headquartered asset manager has appointed a general manager for capital solutions, and an investment director in its state investments team. Katrina King moved into the role of general manager, capital solutions, reporting to QIC's ...

Australian Ethical divests Mercer parent company

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
Australian Ethical has pulled the plug on a $5 million shareholding in Marsh & McLennan, pointing to the provision of insurance services to a mining conglomerate as grounds for the divestment. The investment in Marsh & McLennan was held in the firm's ...

Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
"The Australian economy is going through a very difficult period and is experiencing the biggest contraction since the 1930s... Conditions have, however, stabilised recently and the downturn has been less severe than earlier expected... There has also ...