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Chief economist update: The second oil price discounting wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... agreement by OPEC+ at the 10th (Extraordinary) OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting on 12 April 2020 to adjust downwards overall crude oil production by 9.7 million barrels per day - equivalent to 10% of global supply -- along with, according to OPEC ...

Majority of ERS applications double dippers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... 600,000 new applications have been lodged. Additionally, average payment made over the period since inception is $7680 overall but that rises to $8439 when considering repeat applications only. The data shows that the majority of those who have withdrawn ...

Super fund expands investment exclusions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... incapacity support benefits received from the insurer will be invested in the cash and term deposits option as a result of the overall investment option changes. The fund also announced a number of investment changes, in addition to the ones it announced ...

Chief economist update: Australia succumbs to pandemic-induced recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... consumption - which accounts for around 60% of national output - dropped by 12.1% in the June quarter and subtracted 6.7% from overall growth. This is despite the 2.2% increase in household income during the period, "reflecting a rise in non-labour income ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... results. Fees were also cut to 0.3% in 2018, which Morningstar said made it "increasingly convinced in the strategy's overall merits". Vanguard was the last strategy to receive an upgrade on the annual review, with its Australian Government Bond ...

Investor expectations pie in the sky: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... "Australians' return expectations have decreased from the unrealistically high level of 10.9% from the last survey. But overall, against a backdrop of market turbulence, expectations for income and returns are still high." Interestingly, Australians ...

ERS withdrawals surpass $32bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... $507 million, with $32.2 billion paid since inception. The average payment made over the period since inception is $7683 overall and $8452 when considering repeat applications only. As at 23 August 2020, 98% of applications received since inception had ...

Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... will force people to shop down the street. In terms of the worst-performing sectors, Lee said telecom and utilities have overall become less favourable with investors, particularly "traditional shelters from the storm"companies like Telstra, which pays ...

Earnings season worst on record: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... Of the 94 companies paying a dividend, 33% lifted dividends, 17% kept the dividend the same and 50% cut the dividend. "Overall, profits were down in the year to June, causing companies to slash or abandon dividend payments and instead lift cash holdings," ...

Industry fund reduces fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... My Ethical Super option with $50,000 for example, will save about $55 per annum. The super fund was able to reduce the overall investment fees and costs it pays to external fund managers, resulting in about $1.4 million of savings each year. It also ...