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Chief economist update: Low for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
... improved significantly. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.6% in March after jumping to 7.5% in July last year -- its highest level in 22 years. This jobless rate remains insufficient to drive wages higher. Recall the good governor declaring that wages ...

Chief economist update: Tomorrow never dies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... final reading of 59.7, with activity in both the manufacturing (60.6) and services sectors (63.1) ramping up to their highest levels on record. The IHS Markit flash Eurozone Composite PMI increased to a nine-month high reading of 53.7 in April (from ...

Restructurer and auction house form JV

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... process to achieve the best possible outcome from asset sales to enable them to course correct," Aubrey said. "Achieving the highest price can make all the difference in the recovery of a business." The latest development follows Gordon Brothers appointing ...

Adviser numbers at five-year low

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... AMP Financial Planning, Morgans, Synchron and Charter. Over the course of 12 months, GWM Adviser Services welcomed the highest number of advisers of 173 but lost 164. AMP Financial Planning lost a whopping 389 but added 50 new advisers. Less than a third ...

Afterpay reveals US plans, economic impact

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... higher-than-average incomes. Just 29% of users sit within in the lowest household income bracket, while 48% sit within the two highest brackets. In a note, Credit Suisse said: "Overall, a generally positive report outlining and quantifying the value ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... show. Citing new Australian Bureau of Statistics unemployment figures, Senator Jane Hume said Australia has achieved the highest female participation rate in the workforce ever at 61.8%, up from February data of 61.4%. Overall, the unemployment rate ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... and conditions. Business conditions in Australia jumped from a reading of +17 in February to +25 in March. This is the highest reading on record boosted by equally record high scores in its sub-components, trading up 12 points to +35 in March); profitability ...

UniSuper tops MySuper league tables

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... p.a.) and UniSuper balanced (8.6%). "The Rainmaker MySuper Index returned 6.1% for the 12 months ending February 2021, the highest one-year return since February 2020. It was February last year that marked the official onset of COVID-19 and its financial ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... from 19-31 March). Business conditions in Australia jumped from a reading of +17 in February to +25 in March. This is the highest reading on record boosted by equally record high scores in its sub-components - trading up 12 points to +35 in March); profitability ...

Chief economist update: No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... "expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months" - jumped by 11.1 percentage points to 56.9%. This is the highest level in three years and above its historical average of 38.0% in 19 out of the past 21 weeks. Bearish sentiment dropped ...