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Latitude IPOs despite spotted past

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... Latitude "a company that seems to specialise in driving people into the debt", due to Latitude's credit cards having interest rates as high as 24.99%. In 2019, Latitude was one of the companies named by ASIC in a review that found unacceptable sales ...

Adviser-led TPD claim admittance rates fall

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... total and permanent disability (TPD), trauma, and disability income insurance (DII) among others. It listed their admittance rates and claims paid out ratios for four channels (individual advised, individual non-advised, group super and group ordinary). ...

Government debt blows out 420%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... yields within the context of 400+ years of bond market history are now behind us," he said. Sivapalan predicts risk-free rates will begin to gradually trend upwards gradually over the coming decade as central banks and governments err on the side of ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... 5.6%, down from 5.8% month on month, with around 71,000 jobs created. Of those, 55,400 or 78% were filled by women. Female rates of underemployment have also fallen to the lowest level in over seven years. Hume praised her government for delivering to ...

CBA to pay $7m for overcharged interest

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The Federal Court has imposed a $7 million penalty on Commonwealth Bank for charging higher interest rates on business overdraft accounts than what it advised its customers over a four-year period. Following an investigation by ASIC, CBA admitted to ...

Chief economist update: Positive feedback loop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... demand related to additional business reopening, and increased activity related to vaccination distribution." "Vaccination rates are rising, and coronavirus [COVID-19] infections are falling in the region, leading to optimistic outlooks and forecasts ...

MetLife expands virtual health service

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... For the first three years of a new retail policy, MetLife will guarantee there will be no unexpected increases to the base rates of a client's premium.

ASIC cracks down on binary options

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... of a specified event in a defined timeframe. For example, a binary option might pay out if a central bank lowers interest rates or the price of goal hits a certain level within a certain timeframe. There is also counterparty risk in binary option trading ...

New hybrids ETF on Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... Hybrid Fund (EHF1) invests in Australian hybrids and interest rate securities, targeting a return over short-term interest rates over a three-year period. "We believe the hybrid market offers opportunities for active investors as it is inherently inefficient. ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... received the first shot of the vaccines, with more than 53 million already fully vaccinated. Vox.com opines that, "At current rates, America is administering nearly 2.8 million Covid-19 vaccine doses a day - roughly enough to vaccinate every adult (18 ...