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Frydenberg bets on infrastructure for recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... addition to the government's $5 billion Future Drought Fund, which will build Australia's capability to plan and prepare for future droughts," he said. The Murray-Darling Basin will receive $269.6 million to improve its water management. "This ...

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. ...

First State to dump $40m of thermal coal holdings

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... responsible owner super funds set strong, ambitious and transparent targets to deliver the kind of action we need now to prepare for a more prosperous and sustainable future," First State Super chief executive Deanne Stewart said. "We have seen over ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... "to slump by almost 9% in 2020." EC to save the day (year?). In a document titled, "Europe's moment: Repair and prepare for the next generation" (released on May 27), the European Commission (EC) "put forward its proposal for a major recovery plan". ...

Super not sacred: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
Rice Warner founder Michael Rice has warned the superannuation industry to prepare for the government using the system as a means of repaying its stimulus debt, saying super won't be as sacred as it has been in the past. Rice has warned the superannuation ...

Behavioural tools to limit losses, fear

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... tools to curb emotionally driven money moves, allowing both advisers and their clients alike to better navigate and prepare for the financial battlefield. In particular, it can help prevent clients from being their worst enemies, ensuring that advisers ...

Processes are the problem, not people: Count Financial

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... well-established and trusted converged accounting and advice businesses," Kennedy said. To help its advice businesses prepare for the next generation of financial advisers, Count Financial also revealed it had developed a new adviser training and support ...

Australia facing largest ever GDP fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... as a means of increasing our competitiveness." Meantime, deVere chief executive Nigel Green said investors should prepare for the world's central banks to continue cutting rates into the negative. "A new global era of negative interest rates would have ...

IFM cuts carbon footprint from Aussie infra assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... industry super funds and other long-term institutional investors and their members. Our strategy is to reduce risk and prepare for the future."

Dividends take hit, but will recover

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... That's according to $9.5 billion fund manager Ausbil, whose portfolio manager Michael Price said shareholders must prepare for a significant drop in dividends over the short term. "Dividends are definitely going to fall as earnings are going to fall," ...