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ERS surges $7bn in a week

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... demographic," Dunnin said. "Also unsurprising is that these funds are also those associated with impacted industries like tourism, retail and hospitality." Dunnin said given the trend expectations of funds with younger members, and therefore smaller ...

Job vacancies up 15%: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... members, financial services had seen the biggest uptick in confidence about jobs of any industry. Elsewhere, hospitality and tourism saw a 138% rise in ads and sport and recreation ads were up 123%. SEEK job ads overall were up 39% month on month and ...

GDP figures reveal start of COVID-19 impact

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... bans. "Exports of services declined 12.8%, with restrictions on overseas arrivals reducing education related travel and tourism in Australia." A ride in gross disposable income, coupled with falls in consumption as Australians stayed home saw the household ...

Atlas Advisors makes wild investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... Coast. Atlas Advisors Australia executive char Guy Hedley said the two wildlife parks were core attractions for domestic tourism with a mixture of property and longstanding and profitable business assets. Atlas said the Elanor Wildlife Park Fund is the ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs China more than it needs us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... thermal coal - Australia's second top commodity export. Next stop iron ore, Australia's top export... and then tourism... and then education... and then... The coronavirus made me do it. Australia is justified in calling for an inquiry into the ...

Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Beijing's ban on beef imports, increased tariff on barley could extend to boycott of Australia's education and tourism sectors. For sure and for certain, this would have negative implications for the Australian economy - China being our premier ...

Few funds immune to ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... withdrawals. While much speculation surrounded how the industry funds with high concentrations of members in sectors like tourism, hospitality and retail would fare, APRA's fund-level data on the super early release scheme showed funds with very diverse ...

Road to recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... with organisations that will either lag, bounce back or thrive. AusTTA is expecting between 30% to 40% to lag, mostly in tourism, hospitality and any business that relies on offshore clients and income. A similar amount, 30% to 40%, is expected to bounce ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... that service the industry. China's trade ban/boycott could expand to other commodity and services - education and tourism - exports should Beijing's beef with Canberra persist. Sadly, Australia would hurt more than it would hurt China. Data from ...

Early release applications top $9bn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... Rest, Hostplus, Qantas Super, Media Super and Sunsuper have also revealed their early release numbers. Industry fund for tourism and hospitality Hostplus' early release numbers were also creeping towards $1 billion this week. The fund had paid over ...