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Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... National Australia Bank's (NAB) business survey showed business conditions jumped to a new all-time high reading of 32 in April, bettering what was then the record high score of 24 in the previous month. Business confidence surged to a record high ...

Boutique manager names head of distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... investment of $500,000. It has about $88.3 million in assets under management and returned 25.55% per annum in the year to April.

Chief economist update: RBA cash rate on ice until 2024

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... May meeting that July is the month to watch out for. "At its July meeting, the board will consider whether to retain the April 2024 bond as the target bond for the 3-year yield target or to shift to the next maturity, the November 2024 bond. The board ...

Vanguard appoints fund administrator

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... ormerly Grow Super ) as its a dministrator for its superannuation offering that it expects to launch later this year. On April 28, a consortium including Pacific Equity Partners and Carlyle Group withdrew their October 12 bid to acquire Link. Link is ...

Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... highest since 1992 - from the final reading of 60.9 in the previous month. The flash UK services PMI went up from 61.0 in April (final reading) to 61.8 in May - a 91-month high (October 2013). These justify the Bank of England's (BOE) decision at ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's victory against the virus voided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... lockdowns of days past. Although the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence dropped by 4.8% in May from April, the 113.1 reading is the second highest since April 2010. And why not? Australia's labour market continues to improve ...

Chief economist update: RBNZ will run out of patience next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... wage inflation is assumed to accelerate from 1.6% in the March 2021 quarter to 2.4% at the end of the year, reflecting the April 2021 minimum wage increase and a tightening labour market. Annual wage inflation peaks at 2.6% later in the projection..." ...

ASX deputy chief executive resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... ledger technology to underpin the replacement of CHESS." ASX said its blockchain replacement for CHESS will still go live on April 2023. It had delayed the go-live twice in the past by a total of two years. The responsibility for the CHESS replacement ...

Future Fund adds super fund chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... also been reappointed to the Board of Guardians, with his term extended by four years. Wachtel, who was first appointed in April 2016, will continue to chair the audit and risk committee. "The government congratulates Mrs Cross on her appointment and ...

Chief economist update: China and Australia's interdependence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that the country's merchandise goods trade surplus expanded to A$10.1 billion in April - the third highest on record. Sure, April's trade surplus was mainly driven by a 7% slump in imports but despite ...