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Why HNW investors are choosing shopping centres

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
... on ownerships which sustains a constant income for investors, which is a script that's been playing out since the pandemic. "Pre-COVID, at the peak for larger centres, occupancy costs were up around 19-20%, but through COVID, with growing sales and ...

Macquarie chief to step down after eight years at the helm

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... decades with the company, Shemara has steered Macquarie through expansion into new markets, the dislocation of the COVID pandemic, and significantly enhanced recognition of our brand and the value we bring to global clients and communities."

Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2026
... left were involved first-hand in the AOFM's crisis responses during the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic," he wrote in his findings. "The review's opinion is that the concentration of departures in a short period of time has ...

Productivity growth is 'going from bad to worse': PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2026
... March." Robson said Australia's labour productivity appears stuck at the levels the nation settled into after the COVID-19 pandemic. "We are now 0.1% below where we were in March 2023, when the 'productivity bubble' we saw during the pandemic burst," ...

FEATURE | Aged care: The longevity dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... "That dried up demand, and meanwhile the people were still getting sick and old and passing away." Truong says during the pandemic, occupancies fell significantly to around the mid-70% range, which he describes as "pretty catastrophic" for the industry. ...

Product Showcase: Calm in the chaos

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... the room that's going in the opposite direction." That burning building could be a market bubble and bust, a global pandemic or a geopolitical crisis. In recent months, the market is catching fire from supply chain disruptions. At a company level ...

TelstraSuper did fall foul of IDR obligations: Federal Court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... have had four people working on complaints, not three. The court acknowledged that the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in complaints and the extended absence of a key team member contributed to the delays and therefore didn't ...

RBA hikes rates, suggests more to come

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... reversed the 75bps of cuts delivered last year and the cash rate is now in-line with its peak during the post-COVID-19 pandemic tightening phase. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham said the move marks a difference from other global central banks. "The ...

'Not much' RBA can do about short-term inflation woes: Hauser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... the economy, we see the sharp change lower - down by 12.5% month on month, which is its largest monthly drop since the pandemic - as a clear signal of a sharp weakening in the economy as already arriving," Bloxham said. Similarly, NAB's business confidence ...

Active equity managers underwhelm in 2025: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... picking and active management. Dispersion among S&P World constituents widened to levels last seen during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic period, partially driven by large-cap US stocks recording their highest dispersion since 2009," the report read. "In ...
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