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Chief economist update: Coronavirus threatens Tokyo Olympics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
The sooner the coronavirus is licked, the better for everybody - more so for Japan. The Diamond Princess Cruise Ship underscores the positive impact of tourism on Japan's economy. The nearly 4000 tourists quarantined aboard the ship due to the coronavirus ...

Perth advice firm folds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... it was goodwill and ended up not being realisable. The liquidator tried shopping the domain name to business brokers, in hope of recovering some value, but received little interest. At the same time, it owed about $1.3 million to creditors, the most ...

Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
Bond managers appear to be taking a more active approach to investing in the current low-volatility environment, according to Bank of China's head of fixed income Mark Todd. Looking into the performance of the major bond funds form the last 12 months ...

First State Super acquires rental properties

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... the CBD and four kilometres from Parkville health precinct - and exceptional facilities. "Through initiatives like this we hope to try to address some of the barriers our members and other key workers are facing to renting affordable housing near their ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
Aussie investors have swapped the bull for the bear, as macroeconomic and geopolitical tensions weigh heavily on high hopes for a repeated 2019. That's according to the latest research from Investment Trends, which found that investor sentiment ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... cycle into a virtuous one? In fact, the last RBA rate cut in October 2019 induced more anxiety among us, Australians all. The hope is that Morrison's bushfire largesse - increased fiscal spending -- in atonement for hanging loose in Hawaii while ...

Green light for $1b Cbus tower

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
Cbus Property has received approval from the Victorian government for a new $1 billion office tower in Melbourne's CBD. The permit-approved development will be known as 435 Bourke Street and will comprise 59,000 square metres of office space across ...

Former Wells Fargo chief banned for life

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... targets. The OCC has settled with the bank's former chief administrative officer and director of corporate human resources Hope Hardison, as well as former chief risk officer Michael Loughlin for their roles in the sales misconduct. The civil charges ...

The growing risk to financial advisers

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
Financial advisers must act to repair the trust deficit or risk being superseded by superannuation funds. That's according to advisory and accounting firm HLB Mann Judd's Michael Hutton, who warned of the threat the changes could have to financial ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... signalling that there's something very wrong in the economy. The Morrison government's increased fiscal spending offers hope.