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Chief economist: The wages of slow wages growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... Australians' pockets, but with 37% of homeowners (not counting investors) with a mortgage, according to McKinsey's February 2020 report (more now I would imagine), extra money would be used towards servicing housing debt. Inflation is the least ...

Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... record highs in the index's sub-components: Trading increased to a reading of 40 in April from 35 in March and 24 in February. Profitability scored 33 in April from 25 in March and 21 in February. Employment rose to 22 in April from 15 in March and ...

Macquarie Securities slapped with $126k fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... found that MSA failed to follow a client's instruction with respect to an on-market buyback on the "dark market". In February 2019, the unnamed ASX-listed company tapped MSA to act on its behalf as its broker for an on-market buyback. MSA conducted ...

Chief economist: The path to normality

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... production and fixed asset investment numbers for April suggest that China is gradually coming off the low base comparisons of February and March 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic hit, prompting the government to impose draconian lockdown measures that ...

New Martin Gilbert vehicle strikes first deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... continue to meet the needs of customers." AssetCo also has a 5.85% share in River & Mercantile Group, which it acquired in February.

Chief economist update: A half-glass full look at inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... April, well below market expectations for a nearly 1 million gain (978,000 to be exact). What's more, revisions to February (+68,000) and March (-146,000) estimates combined to show that employment was 78,000 less than previously reported. Likewise ...

Nuveen hires director from AXA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... housing and reports to Austin Mitchell, the head of international housing. Limor Shklaz, also based in London, joined in February as a director of European housing development and design from Invesco. Naofumi Une joined the existing housing team based ...

Infrastructure investment builds to $170bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... important infrastructure projects loosely aligns with the priority list announced by Infrastructure Australia (IA) in February 2021. IA's 244-page report outlined a raft of projects aimed at boosting Australia's international competitiveness, connecting ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is the glue that binds China and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... iron ore continues to heat up. It broke above the all-time high of US$191.70 a tonne recorded more than 10 years ago (February 2011) on 6 May 2021 and is currently fetching 215.48/tonne. This represents a 31.4% increase from end-2020's closing price ...

ASIC cracks down on investment guru

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... licence if the licensee has not engaged in credit activities for six months, under new legislation effective from 18 February 2020. Master Wealth Control has had a credit licence since 2011 but, according to ASIC, did not engage in any authorised credit ...