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Chief economist update: Is Dan still the man?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... March this year. Job losses would have been so much more had it not been for the federal government's JobKeeper programme. The Commonwealth government's JobKeeper scheme will reduce payments from A$1500 a fortnight to A$1200 from September 27. ...

UBS appoints new sector heads for equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... join us in December to work with Aryan and Jarrod Chisholm on these sectors. Minnie worked in Research in the cadet programme for four years before taking this year out to complete the final part of her studies. We expect this team to bring a dynamic ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... the Morrison government is disbursing an extra A$15.6 billion for the JobKeeper scheme, taking the total cost of the programme to A$102.2 billion this financial year. Needless to say, this will raise the country's budget deficit than that forecast ...

GAM records $19bn in outflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... currency movements. GAM saw a reduction in overall costs of at least $99 million as a result of its ongoing efficiency programme, which largely stemmed from a reduced headcount. GAM plans to further simplify its business over the coming two years. "Our ...

Sovereign fund withdraws bid for Newcastle United

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
... critics and human rights defenders arrested, tortured and put on trial. Amnesty International UK's economic affairs programme director Peter Frankental said: "Looking ahead, there needs to be a rule change to ensure the Premier League's Owners' and Directors' ...

Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... huge, but not "historic" as some headlines put it. The European Central Bank's (ECB) pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP) - currently at €1,350 billion - is almost double that. It's not the size that matters... What is historic is the ...

Chief economist update: Haste makes Budget waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Would Australia be experiencing a second wave - and therefore, a reimposition of lockdown restrictions - had it not rushed to reopen and followed its original prescription for a six-month lockdown? Not only that, in the haste to reopen, the Victorian ...

Government urged to extend stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
The OECD has urged the Australian government to extend stimulus measures and warned that a second wave of infections could derail our economy. In its latest economic outlook report pointed out that while economic activity collapsed in the second quarter ...

New role for AMP Capital ESG head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
The former head of ESG investment research at AMP Capital has taken up a new role. Ian Woods will provide specialist consultancy on climate change and responsible investment to Chronos Sustainability. He will be Chronos' climate change and sustainable ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... enough..." - 'Just Once', James Ingram The European Central Bank (ECB) launched a new €750 billion asset purchase programme in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The following month, it lowered the interest rate on TLTRO III - emergency ...