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Chief economist update: Letter V going viral in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... March 2020. Confidence improved in most industries except for mining and transport & utilities. Business conditions in the country increased to +1 in October from September's 0 reading - the sixth straight month of improvement, the highest level ...

Majority of Aussies want SG rise: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... clearly support measures aimed at helping them to build the nest egg necessary to fund a dignified retirement in this country," said ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy. In addition to the revelations about the SG, the results also found that 75% of respondents ...

Chief economist update: Biden cooks Donald's duck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... battle to secure your family's health care. The battle to achieve racial justice and root out systemic racism in this country. The battle to save the climate. The battle to restore decency, defend democracy and give everybody in this country a fair ...

RBA measures not solely due to COVID: Treasury

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... while COVID-19 was certainly he factor that pushed the Central Bank to take the leap of quantitative easing measures, the country was already heading in that direction. "While the academic research is not settled on the relative importance of different ...

Chief economist update: More money for reimposed lockdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... the success or otherwise of the government's measures to control/contain the spread of coronavirus infections in the country. But rest assured that the BOE wouldn't be dropping the ball. In its policy statement, it pledged that, "...the Committee ...

Chief economist update: China's vote for US president

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... This is the fastest rate of growth in four months (June 2020) that signals increased private sector activity across the country. The Caixin China general manufacturing PMI accelerated to 53.6 in October 2020 from September's reading of 53.0 -- the ...

AMP Capital bids farewell to active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
AMP Capital is delisting all of its ETFs after about four years on the ASX, following UBS Asset Management's move in March. The last trading day will be December 4, with final distributions from the wind up set for December 31. "...the decision ...

Climate change greater threat than COVID: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... smaller and have 880,000 fewer jobs by 2070. However, it also found that there would be a large financial gain if the country did act now to fight the effects of climate change. "That's a $3.4 trillion lost opportunity over the next half a century. But ...

Fastest-growing AFSLs in the country

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
New research from Rainmaker Information shows which licensees added the most advisers in the 12 months to September end. And which AFSLs have the biggest market share. Overall, there were 19,357 advisers attached to an AFSL at September end, down 2597 ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The US has reversed its biggest economic contraction in history with the sharpest recovery on record. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the country's GDP increased at annualised rate of 33.1% in the September 2020 quarter following ...