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Why it shouldn't be called impact investing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... alternatives are risky assets and they weren't sure if they could justify it. A decade later, those same people were losing their jobs if they didn't have that allocation," he said. ESG, he added, is no different in this regard, and the best way to outperform ...

ASFA puts gig economy on the agenda

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... independent work arrangement - such as independent contractors - will migrate onto web-based platforms and new gig economy jobs will be created," Fahy said. "However, the current superannuation settings are not suited to these trends." As the system ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... average over the period. Besides the details of the Conference Board's consumer confidence survey showed that those stating "jobs are hard to get" dropped from 18.7% to 17.3% while those saying "jobs are plentiful" jumped to 33.2 to 35.4%. Moreover ...

The negatives in the positive jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... dipped to 5.6% from 5.7%; and the participation rate increased to 65.1% from 65 (suggesting optimism among workers in finding jobs) - the details are really not that flash. All of the jobs created in July were part-time (up 48,200 from June) and worse ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... rates of pay including bonuses index. - In these indexes the term 'bonuses' refers to bonuses and commissions. All employee jobs in the target population of employers are in scope of the WPIs, except the following: - Australian permanent defence force ...

Low-flation becoming less transitory?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... US labour market, underscored by another dip in the unemployment rate to 4.3% in July - the lowest level in 16 years. The Jobs Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data confirmed the very strong demand for labour in the US economy. The JOLTS report ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... around interest rates; and housing affordability in NSW and Victoria are more than outweighing increased confidence around jobs." "Much of the weakness is likely to reflect a mix of weak growth in wages; increases in key costs such as electricity and ...

Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... lending has strong positive multiplier effects on the economy in terms of investment in building, structures, equipment and on jobs. Changes in private sector credit is a leading indicator because when consumers borrow within their means to buy houses ...

Good jobs, sluggish pay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... is seemingly a negative. But a closer scrutiny of the report shows that June marked the ninth straight month of positive jobs growth in the country (after contracting by 17,300 in August and 23,200 in September 2016). This also represents the fourth ...

Government shows commitment to funds management

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... decade, the nation's GDP would grow by more than $4.2 billion, tax revenue would increase by $1.2 billion and nearly 10,000 jobs would be created. Loane added the final remaining barrier to increasing exports of funds management to overseas investors ...