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PPS Mutual launches member offer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Mutual life insurer PPS Mutual has launched a timesaving underwriting offer for existing members to add cover to their policy. Members who have a current income protection policy with PPS Mutual can now apply to add or increase life, total and permanent ...

Chief economist update: A half-glass full look at inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... bureau reported that headline inflation rose by 0.8% over the month of April - the biggest increase since June 2009 and four times above market expectations for a 0.2% gain - taking the annual headline inflation rate to 4.2% (the fastest rate since September ...

Chief economist update: Inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... (BLS) reported that headline inflation rose by 0.8% over the month of April - the biggest increase since June 2009 and four times above market expectations for a 0.2% gain - taking the annual headline inflation rate to 4.2% (the fastest rate since September ...

Chief economist update: Frydenberg spends big

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... with Keynesian economics - that prescribes government intervention (spending) to mitigate the drop in aggregate demand in times of recessions to stabilise economic output - has put the Australian economy in good stead. "Ahead of any major advanced economy ...

Housing market reaches new heights

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... trillion dollar mark," CoreLogic head of research Eliza Owen said. "This puts Australian residential property at around four times the size of Australian GDP, and around $1 trillion more than the combined value of the ASX, superannuation and commercial ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 causes double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... hard hit by lockdown measures, it has returned to growth as companies adjust to life with the virus and prepare for better times ahead." Even better, Factset reports that "with the Q1 reporting season well underway, analyst expectations of Q1 profits ...

Go, iron ore, go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... ore prices will drop to US$55.0 per tonne by the end of September 2021 quarter. Iron ore prices are now more than three times that. Sensitivity analysis conducted by the Australian Treasury in the 2020-21 Budget shows that for every US$10/tonne increase ...

Cboe Chi-X takeover progresses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... world, the largest exchange in Europe (larger than the London Stock Exchange). It has scale," he said. "It'll be exciting times ahead with two bulge bracket exchanges, ASX and Cboe, competing with each other." The latest ETF to launch on Chi-X was the ...

Super top ups increase: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... 2020 and found that only 8% of members made additional contributions to their superannuation - which is a two-and-a-half times increase in engagement. Finder Banking and investment editor Alison Banney said Australians should not be under the impression ...

Pandemic spurs advice, insurance rethink

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... pandemic. The majority (82%) also feel better about having the right level of life insurance. Advised clients were also three times more likely to recommend their adviser if they received a review during the pandemic. Interestingly, the number of advised ...