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Zero rates causing risky business: Pengana

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... money sitting in bank accounts, particularly retirees and pension funds that need to get a return and are chasing the same supply of assets," Fisher said. "We all know supply and demand - same supply and more demand leads to prices going up. Then you ...

Nuveen drives global ESG capabilities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... essential to a growing population. "The FAO estimate that $350 billion of investment is needed annually by agriculture and the supply chain to develop sustainable food production systems," Davies said. "With a limited land resource base and focus on ...

Chief economist update: BOE not letting its guard down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... degree of spare capacity at present. The outlook for the economy, and particularly the relative movement in demand and supply during the recovery from the pandemic, remains unusually uncertain. It continues to depend on the evolution of the pandemic ...

Industry fund appoints property mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... of projects in the region over the past 30 years and developed long-standing relationships with the community and local supply chain," Cottam said. Cbus Property previously flagged the development last year and said one of its tenants will be the South ...

Chief economist update: When 6%-plus growth is deemed too low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... the composite output index registered its third straight month of decline to a reading of 51.7 in February as "demand and supply in both the manufacturing and services sectors improved at a slower pace". The services PMI eased for the third month in ...

Super for house deposits will push up prices: ASFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... Martin Fahy said. "Superannuation isn't the reason young Australians can't afford to buy a home of their own. A lack of supply, and the policy settings with respect to residential investment property has had a distortionary effect on demand. These are ...

Chief economist update: Getting hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... global demand forecast by 200 kb/d to 96.4 mb/d. At the same time, the IEA expects only moderate growth in total world supply in 2021 as OPEC+ maintains its current production policy to "eliminate the massive oil stock overhang that built up last year" ...

More women in workforce with greater paternity leave: ASI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... states. "This is something that can be directly addressed through policy changes that lower tax wedges for women whose labour supply is likely to be highly elastic." "Women are far more likely than men to face a trade-off between paid work and unpaid ...

Wingate announces acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... Wingate has announced the acquisition of a significant equity interest in Fifo Capital Australia. Fifo provides invoice, supply chain and trade finance solutions to over 3000 Australian businesses. Wingate and Fifo have worked closely together since ...

Macquarie to profit off severe weather

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... as demand rises for gas and power in Texas after severe weather conditions caused the collapse of its local electricity supply. Macquarie expects its annual profit to increase by between 5% and 10% on the previous year as client demand has increased ...