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Best fixed interest funds revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... which returned 5.5%. "The outcomes for fixed interest and credit products were not so upbeat, thanks to how rising interest rates have impacted the capital value of their bond holdings," Rainmaker observed in its wholesale managed funds report for the ...

SelfWealth reports 135% revenue increase

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... developing data and analytics to better understand customer behaviour. "The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, ultra-low global interest rates and the continuing digitisation of investment markets have all contributed to an increase in the addressable market ...

Wage growth remains low

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... earnings ease to 0.4%, following two quarters of 0.6% wage growth. The rate of growth over the quarter was one of the lowest rates recorded for the series," Australian Bureau of Statistics head of price statistics Michelle Marquardt said. The lowest ...

CBA to publicise misconduct

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
... orders on Commonwealth Bank that require it to publish notices on its website and newsroom for charging higher interest rates on business overdraft accounts than what it advised its customers over a four-year period. CBA is required to publish a written ...

Sydney Airport rejects AustralianSuper takeover

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... Sydney Airport's value in light of the pandemic. "Sydney Airport is strongly positioned to deliver growth as vaccination rates increase and we move into a post pandemic recovery period," the company said. "It has rapidly adapted to the COVID environment ...

Record low CFA pass rate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... a 10-year average of 45%. Combined with the earlier released level one results, May's CFA exams had the lowest pass rates ever. CFA Institute managing director of credentialing Peg Jobst acknowledged the low pass rate and said the disrupted nature ...

How wealthy families protect assets no matter what

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... Zoom'," he said. "They might have been listening to the New York City mayor discuss how they were going to crank up the rates and thinking to themselves, 'Well, we already have a place in Palm Beach, let's become residents of Florida'." ...

Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... inflation measure. As a result of changing the base from 2015 to 2020, Japan's +0.2% annual headline and core inflation rates in June has turned into negative 0.5%.

Vanguard incentivises staff to get the jab

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... borders and a more normal way of life. We are committed to doing what we can to get more people jabbed and the vaccination rates at the levels they need to be for lockdowns to lift," Westpac chief executive Peter King said. "With around 10,000 Westpac ...

Six Park lowers minimum investment to $2k

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
... difficult," he said. "We expect to see the enthusiasm Australians have for investing to continue - especially with low interest rates and an increasingly inaccessible property market - and as an industry, it's important we respond to that and recognise ...