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NZ firm hires 10 analysts in Australian expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
A New Zealand investment bank with expansion plans in Australia has revealed a "heavyweight" line-up of investment professionals joining its equities research team. Jarden announced it would be expanding into the Australian market in May of this year ...

Disruption not sustainable: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
Stocks that have the ability to disrupt certain sectors like technology are likely to be disrupted themselves, according to Schroders. Speaking at the Morningstar Investment Conference, Schroders head of Australian equities Martin Conlon said sectors ...

Active portfolios post stellar returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... the holdings in the sector-agnostic strategy include global companies such as Tencent, Amazon, Atlassian, Tesla, Oscar Health, Shopify, online fitness company Peloton, and companies operating in online banking and food delivery. It also invests in companies ...

Brisbane Mater acquired for $122.5m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... the property in a sale and leaseback transaction with Mater. Mater owns and operates an extensive network of hospitals, health centres and a research institute with gross assets of over $1 billion. The purchase price of $122.5 million upon completion ...

BT head of platforms departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... services and what kept her at BT all these years. "I felt as though I was really helping people and I realised financial health is one of the most important things in life," she said. "I knew I could really have an influence on people's lives; like ...

AAA rating holds on by a thread

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... economy and public finances," Fitch said. "The economy will contract in 2020 and government spending in response to the health and economic crisis will cause large fiscal deficits and a sharp increase in government debt/GDP." Despite the revised outlook ...

Budget commitment to aged care not good enough

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... are more than 100,000 waiting for a home care package. It's just pathetic." Similarly, Grattan Institute director of health programs Stephen Duckett said the newly announced funding was a drop in the ocean. "It's about a quarter of what is necessary," ...

Budget boosts female participation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... stages of the pandemic. Between May and August around 270,000 females regained employment compared to 190,000 males. "As the health restrictions have eased, these jobs have started to come back, with 60% of the 458,000 jobs created since May filled by ...

Calls for aged care overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
Australia's aged care system is failing and needs to be overhauled, according to the Grattan Institute. Grattan health program director Stephen Duckett said the care and support of older Australians must come before the profits of private providers. ...

Insurers prepare for tragic COVID-19 fall-out

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
Life insurer MetLife is preparing for an increase in mental health claims in the wake of COVID-19, with the insurer acknowledging the psychological toll of financial hardship. "There is a direct connection between financial wellbeing and mental health. ...