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No more easy 6% returns: Fidelity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... according to Fidelity International. Fidelity International cross asset investment specialist Anthony Doyle said while the Reserve Bank of Australia appears to have successfully incentivised Australians to borrow and spend - with the housing market ...

Chief economist update: The great Australian rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... There's still a lot of consumer spending coming before savings return to its 30-year average of 5.1% Of course, as Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe warned in his statement following the conclusion of the bank's March 2 meeting ...

Chief economist update: Getting better, but not better enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... optimism over the economic outlook as central banks watch "through the looking glass". This sentiment is echoed by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). In its March 2 meeting, where it kept policy unchanged, the Australian central bank declared that ...

Chief economist update: Fed fights back bond bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... plans to issue more debt in its fight against COVID-19. But we don't have to go so long and faraway for our very own Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Our dear central bank has increased debt purchases in efforts to keep interest rates low. According ...

Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
It's only been only two weeks since the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) provided a more optimistic assessment of and outlook for the domestic labour market. In its February 2021 'Statement on Monetary Policy' (SoMP), the RBA declared that ...

Chief economist update: Patience is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... even with a brisk pace of improvement in the labor market, achieving this goal would take some time," said the US Federal Reserve in it's most recent minutes. While the US unemployment rate has fallen from the record high 14.8% recorded in April ...

Hostplus enhances ESG option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
Hostplus is changing its sustainable investment option on the back of growing demand from members who want a more sustainable and principled approach to their investments. The Socially Responsible Investment Balanced option (SRI) now excludes a broader ...

To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... million in September 2020 - while about 520,000 companies have stopped receiving the payments as their trade recovers." Even Reserve Bank of Australia boss Philip Lowe has given his nod to not keeping JobKeeper: "Given the recovery of the economy, I ...

Chief economist update: RBA extends QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) painted a pretty picture of the Australian economy in its first board meeting for 2021. RBA governor Philip Lowe's statement at the conclusion of the Australian central bank's February meeting was optimistic ...

Sequoia completes acquisitions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
Seqouia Financial Group's subsidiary Docs Centre has completed the acquisition of corporate registry firm Panthercorp from Easton Investments and finalised a purchase of assets. The integrated financial services company funded the $1.7 million purchase ...