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Chief economist update: Flattening the rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... Oster, NAB Group chief economist, declared: "The survey was conducted just prior to the reintroduction of lockdowns in Victoria..." Cast your minds back a few weeks back. The state of Victoria was primed and pumped for the second stage of looser coronavirus ...

Capital raising relief measures extended

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... will extend its temporary capital raising measures until November 30, as a second wave of COVID-19 infections batters Victoria. The measures were originally due to expire on July 31 and granted a temporary class waiver to lift the 15% limit on placements ...

Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... single chart. Then again, that was before the coronavirus' second coming to Australia's second biggest state -- Victoria -- that forced the state's government to re-impose a lockdown on the 8th of July while, almost at the same time, its ...

Equity Trustees nabs new director

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
Equity Trustees has nabbed an industry super fund's interim chief investment officer as an independent director on two of its superannuation boards. George Zielinski has been appointed as an independent director on the boards of Equity Trustees ...

Melburnians back in the lockup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... the previous high of 106 recorded on 27 March. Victorians not welcome. In order to ensure that what's happening in Victoria stays in Victoria, all other Australian state governments have closed their borders with the infected state. This should help ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
While we, Australians all, remain glued tracking the mounting cases of infection in Victoria - one that has prompted the New South Wales government to close its borders with its neighbour south of the Murray River for the first time since the Spanish ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's secret

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... territories put up the "No Victorians allowed" signs - even threatening fines and/or imprisonment. The second wave has come to Victoria. In response, state premier Dan Andrews has re-imposed lockdowns in 36 suburbs as at the end of June, with another ...

MSC Trustees wins mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... debt, security and escrow services. Spark has interests in about $18 billion worth of electricity infrastructure across Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Australian Capital Territory.

Super funds merge, board revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
First State Super and VicSuper have completed their merger, revealing fee reductions and board changes. The merged fund now manages over $120 billion on behalf of 1.1 million members, including healthcare and aged care workers, teachers, police and ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... quarter, although it's still 11.8% down this year to date. However, recent reports of increasing cases of infection in Victoria - Australia's second biggest state - has forced the Andrews government to again lockdown 36 suburbs and other states ...