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Equities attractive in search for yield: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... effect of an earnings downturn is the subsequent impact on dividends, as companies retain earnings, reduce payout ratios and raise capital to shore up balance sheets. "Consequently, since the downturn, we have observed a number of companies cut, defer ...

Kyckr to raise $10m, rich lister on board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... sophisticated and institutional investors. The company will also conduct a share placement plan from June 3 to June 19 to raise $2 million from existing eligible shareholders. Both offers are priced at $0.08 per share. "...cornerstone investor in Kyckr ...

APRA urged to probe industry funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has written to APRA chair Wayne Byres urging the regulator to conduct an investigation into vertical integration at industry super funds and related conflicts of interest. Wilson, who chairs the House of Representatives' Standing ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic was both a curse and a blessing (for lack of a better word) for China's Politburo. Social restrictions and lockdowns imposed by the powers-that-be to contain the virus sent the economy plunging 6.8% in the year to the March ...

IFM Investors ready to ramp up corporate lending

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... rest of the year -- have funding gaps that they will have to fill. Not everyone has the opportunity or ability to go and raise equity. So some of these companies will need people like us," Wanigasekera told Financial Standard. "That may mean coming in ...

Plan for the worst, hope for the best

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... looking for those opportunities. "We knew from history that you're going to have companies that are going to have to raise equity during these periods." Repositioning for flexibility and liquidity, WAM Leaders, Global and the mid-small cap team had ...

Industry funds pulled back to the pack

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... quantitative easing is not "creating the volumes that institutional fund managers need" to de-risk and rebalance exposures and raise cash. "As a result we have seen a significant increase in buy/sell spreads, making it much more costly to rebalance portfolios," ...

ASIC revokes AFSL suspension, cancels another

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a financial services provider and revoked its suspension of a separate AFSL. The regulator revoked the ASFL of NSW-based Tailormade Financial Strategies, effective 9 April 2020. ASIC said it cancelled the AFSL because ...

Westpac admits to failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
On Friday, Westpac filed its defence in the Federal Court in relation to proceedings brought by AUSTRAC regarding alleged breaches of anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing laws. "Westpac accepts the gravity of the issues raised by the ...

Technical Services Forum: Testing risk tolerance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
In uncertain times clients may not be as risk tolerant as previously thought, the virtual Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum has heard. Digitally presenting, Challenger's head of technical services Andrew Lowe said many financial ...