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Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... housing construction sector is lagging Australia's productivity levels by 49% and is helping fuel the affordable housing crisis, a new report from the Productivity Commission reveals. The Housing construction productivity: Can we fix it? report calculates ...

CBA's 'Cinderella story' over: Analysts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... the lookout for two signals that would likely trigger an imminent sell-off, being a rotation into resources or a systemic crisis. "Asset managers have been allocating to CBA rather than the large-cap miners due to China's economic challenges, however ...

Investment down as uncertainty rises

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... trend which has seen the average level of uncertainty increase after key economic disruptions such as the global financial crisis and pandemic. Deloitte Access Economics said uncertainty makes it harder to form a view on the future and tends to weigh ...

Australian Ethical loses super chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... organisation's national director for Serbia and Montenegro from 1999 to 2003. He was also engaged with World Vision's Syria crisis response and worked in Serbia and Montenegro for over three years in the aftermath of the Kosovo crisis. He also ...

CPI nears RBA's target range, but rate cut remains in doubt: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... depend on when governments wind back the electricity subsidies and rent assistance that are "mitigating" the cost-of-living crisis. However, the RBA is forecasting inflation will spill over its target range once state and federal governments pull back ...

BlackRock loses senior executive touted as Fink's successor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... Advisory division (FMA) - which advises clients on complex financial matters. Interestingly, during the Global Financial Crisis, the FMA was called upon to provide emergency support to governments and financial institutions. Before BlackRock, Wiedman ...

Sue Brake joins NZ Super, Lisa Gray departs VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... investment performance and capability was critical to surviving an unpredictable future. And while funds typically have crisis management strategies in place, she reckoned that most had not devised plans specifically for investment and capital markets. ...

The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... entrepreneurial instincts and create or buy businesses. Getting more young people into business... will help boost our productivity crisis and can only be a good thing for the economy in the long-run."

IFM urges investment in housing, hires former Dexus chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... on the table. There's a genuine opportunity to harness Australia's superannuation savings to help solve our housing crisis," Hayhurst said. "The alternative - a future of deepening housing insecurity and social instability - is simply unthinkable." ...

Cost-of-living worries drain retirement confidence: MFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
Most Australians will not be able to retire at the age they want as managing finances amid the cost-of-living crisis dampens their confidence, a survey from MFS Investment Management found. Only 23% of more than 1000 participants canvassed are confident ...