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Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... appropriate monetary policy will likely aim to achieve inflation moderately above 2% for some time." There was also the swift recovery in China's economy that, in turn, also lifted commodity prices. Good times! The AUD likes good times. Financial ...

Chief economist update: China's vote for US president

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... to claim the Oval Office. The world's anxiously waiting to exhale but none more so than China. Central command's swift, decisive and draconian measures to control the coronavirus outbreak has prevented the economy from suffering a recession that ...

Chief economist update: The recession is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... start of 2020 to a record low 0.5% -- and a total of KRW310 trillion (US$275 billion) in fiscal stimulus - along with its swift containment of the coronavirus that allowed for an equivalent re-opening of businesses supported the recovery. It also helped ...

Hostplus invests in vegan meat, sustainability

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... to increase farm productivity, reduce chemical requirements and labour costs through artificial intelligence. US start-up Swift Solar also received a cash injection from the fund for its development in lightweight and flexible solar cells which can be ...

ClearView seeks to raise at least $40m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
ClearView Wealth has announced the launch of a new subordinated notes issue to wholesale investors seeking to raise between $40-75 million. Clearview Wealth said the proceeds of the raise will be used for general corporate and capital management purposes. ...

Chief economist update: Middle Kingdom on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
China's cruel to be kind policy continues to pay dividends. Criticised and condemned they may be, but the swift and continued improvement in the economy prove that the Politburo's draconian restriction and lockdown measures implemented at the ...

Frydenberg bets on infrastructure for recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
An additional $10 billion will help rebuild the nation's ageing infrastructure and ultimately create more jobs to stabilise the flailing economy, according to the Treasurer. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is hoping the infrastructure spent on ...

Super-backed company develops COVID treatment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... said. "In addition, the rapidity of this response means that the infected individuals are unlikely to pass it on, meaning a swift halt to community transmission." The company said it would be ready to test INNA-051 in human trails in less than four months. ...

CSIRO contractor in crypto scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
A CSIRO contractor has been sentenced over fraudulent behaviour after he used the organisation's servers and supercomputers to carry out cryptocurrency mining. He was caught out after the CSIRO noticed serious impairment of its computing infrastructure ...

ASIC names operations, risk leads

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... Royal Commission recommendations. In the financial advice sector, ASIC will continue to identify unlicensed advice and take "swift action," against misconduct. "A new ASIC-wide working group will undertake this work," the report read. ASIC warned superannuation ...