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Australia is coming back: Frydenberg

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... losing the agriculture, construction, and mining sectors," Frydenberg said. "[...] unprecedented support is seeing the country through the biggest global economic shock since the Great Depression. JobKeeper kept 3.8 million people in their job. JobSeeker ...

Fiducian acquires Adelaide adviser's FUA

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Fiducian Financial Services paid $495,000 to acquire $23 million of advice assets from a North Adelaide adviser exiting the industry. The dealer group acquired the assets for a Tasmanian financial planner in its network, who is relocating from Tasmania ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is the glue that binds China and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
The price of iron ore continues to heat up. It broke above the all-time high of US$191.70 a tonne recorded more than 10 years ago (February 2011) on 6 May 2021 and is currently fetching 215.48/tonne. This represents a 31.4% increase from end-2020's ...

Global institute launches free expat advice resources

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... serve expat clients. The institute focuses on three core areas: inbound planning (when a client moves assets to a new country), outbound planning (when a client moves assets out of a country) and cross-border planning (specialised knowledge of each country's ...

Housing market reaches new heights

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... market now stands at $8.1 trillion with the increase in value following capital gains in real estate markets across the country. In the three months to April, national home values rose 6.8%, marking the highest quarterly dwelling growth rate since December ...

Chief economist update: Did the BOE just announce taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
This month the Bank of England's (BOE) monetary policy committee decided to keep the existing stance of monetary policy unchanged; the Bank Rate remains at a record low 0.1% and QE at £895 billion. But buried in the "Monetary Policy Summary and ...

AMP Capital invests in India

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... made its inaugural infrastructure debt investment in India, co-financing a deal that will help build major roads for the country. AMP Capital is committing about US$73 million to listed road infrastructure company Sadbhav Infrastructure on a private ...

Chief economist update: Japan's elusive virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... inflation to reach target - 0.1% this year, 0.8% in 2022 and 1.0% in 2023. The resurgence of coronavirus infections in the country is already nullifying one of the BOJ's assumptions - "The outlook is based on the assumption that the impact of COVID-19 ...

UniSuper to open doors to public

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... industry consolidation will significantly reshape the super sector in coming years. As the fifth largest super fund in the country and largest investor in ESG-themed strategies- with more than $10 billion in funds under management across these options-UniSuper ...

JPMAM Australia chief to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... relocated to Sydney when she was appointed to lead the local business in November 2016 ; the first chief executive and country head appointed for Australia. In an interview with Financial Standard in 2017, Farrell described the Australian market as "very ...