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UHNWs drive record luxury real estate demand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... 2020 to 3124 Australians. This population is forecasted to grow by 3.8% over the next five years. "Developers across the country are continuing to shift their focus towards boutique apartment developments which is addressing pent-up buyer demand, but ...

Capital Group hires T.Rowe Price executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... the newly created role of head of Australia client group. Murray Brewer joins from T.Rowe Price where he was director, country head of distribution, Australia and New Zealand. He departed at the end of 2020 after 14 years with the firm. Darren Hall was ...

TelstraSuper lowers admin fee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... $1,289,181). TelstraSuper Corporate Plus MySuper option was among the top five best performing MySuper options in the country on a three-year basis at the end of March 2021, according to Rainmaker research, returning 9.2%. In March this year, the fund ...

Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... rolling off supermarket shelves - a leading indicator of expected (later turned reality) lockdowns and restrictions in the country. Sydney and Darwin are now locked down, as are parts of Queensland and Western Australia. Meanwhile, the Australian Capital ...

Real estate AUM recovers

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... Australia continues to rank favourably as a real estate investment destination, which should benefit fund managers in the country as global investors look for quality, long-term sources of diversification in their portfolios," Delaunay said.

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
Financial markets widely expected the Bank of England's (BOE) decision to keep current monetary policy settings unchanged at its June monetary policy committee meeting. "The MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1%... and to maintain ...

Chief economist update: Thank you, my frenemy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
China's still not taking calls from Canberra and has severed diplomatic contact under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue and the rhetoric, threats and/or measures limiting/banning imports of Australian products into its shores remain ...

Teachers Mutual launches neobank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... pandemic has shown us how important high-quality digital services are for people working in essential services across the country, in cities and regional areas, day and night. Hiver consolidates our bank-wide push to a digital-first approach with our ...

Chief economist update: How do you solve a problem like Australia's housing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
Tell us something we, Australians all, don't already know. Those who have (at least one) are salivating, wringing their hands and thanking their lucky stars. Those who don't are still pounding the pavement - winter, spring, summer and autumn ...

Chief economist update: Deflated expectations lift deflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
Inflation? What inflation? We need inflation. While many, if not most, of its central bank peers - led by the Fed -- are pushing back against inflation concerns, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) cannot seem to drive growth in the country's consumer prices ...