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Official recession not that scary: Economists

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... quarters of economic contraction, officially marking the nation's first recession since 1991. The release of national accounts confirmed the Australian economy has experienced its sharpest ever three-month contraction - driving it to its weakest ...

Cash earnings fall, MLC sale pending: NAB

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
National Australia Bank has reported a 7% fall in cash earnings to $1.55 billion for the third quarter, as the bank confirms it is still "actively exploring" options for the sale of its wealth management business. While a public market exit for the ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... five states and two territories could close their borders on Victorians but Victoria - which accounts for around 25% of national output -- would still drag the good ship SS Australia down. As Factset reports: "The Australian cited Prime Minister Morrison ...

Chief economist update: Could COVID-19 dissenters be correct?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... this are splattered in the headlines: From the Australian Financial Review: Victoria's stage four lockdown to shrink national GDP growth Victoria's lockdown to result in extra 250K job losses Victorian small businesses doubt they can survive ...

Chief economist update: A tiny bug takes down the largest economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." - Wizard of Oz Data revealed in the latest US National Accounts gave meaning to declarations that we are living in unprecedented times. Some would be concerned, but most would understand, reading ...

UK pension fund to go net zero

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
The UK's National Employment Savings Trust, known as NEST, will immediately shift close to half of its entire portfolio to climate aware strategies and begin divesting from companies involved in thermal coal, oil sands and arctic drilling. NEST ...

Specialist platforms prosper in June quarter

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... HUB24 also signed 34 new licensees to the platform during the quarter, including financial advice firm Count, a large national broker, boutique licensees and self-licensed advisers. "Net inflows were at record levels for a June quarter with momentum ...

Billionaires targeted in Twitter bitcoin scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... be sent back doubled! If you send $1000, I will send you back $2000. Only doing this for 30 minutes. Enjoy!" The UK's National Cyber Security Centre said it reached out to Twitter in the midst of the attack, which it said was targeted at the firm and ...

Chief economist update: Stop right now, thank you very much

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... not been for the second wave in Victoria - the country's second largest state that accounts for around a quarter of national output. You too, Virginia, would be exclaiming the hallelujah when you see the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) ...

Melburnians back in the lockup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... economic cost of a lockdown being about $4 billion dollars a week, and given that Victoria is about a quarter of the national economy, then you're talking about an impact of around a billion dollars a week for the Victorian economy alone, which is ...