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ACSRF, NGS Super explore merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... is about 90,000 members and 15,000 employers. Its members work in Catholic education, healthcare, aged care and welfare. So far this year, First State Super has announced a merger with WA Super (expected around November 30) and merged with VicSuper ...

Industry veterans launch dealer group

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... put the two together, we can have a very compliant dealer group and also very productive advisers." Finchley & Kent has so far partnered with Asendium to provide advisers with digital Fact Finds and my Dealer Services for the day to day running of the ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... turn, removes all business' raison d'etre and hindering them from investing in structures and machinery and staff. So far, so good. The reimposition of restrictions are again having their desired effect, cases of infections are (again) heading ...

ERS will impact those who didn't access super: REST

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... now that the scheme has been extended, you are basically earning 0% through until December." Doyle added that REST has so far seen around 30% of its members access their super, while the remaining 70% have not. She added that the benefit to the current ...

Chief economist update: Second wave threatens an oil spill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... crude oil's supply/demand equation in favour of higher prices (at best) or stable prices at current prices (at worst). So far so good... Partial third quarter results show crude oil prices have stabilised - WTI oil at an average of US$40.99/barrel ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... initiated during the last 12 months and 50% of those initiated in the first half, bfinance said, with demand continuing so far in the third quarter. "Private markets strategies are a logical beneficiary of current conditions, given the historically outstanding ...

Magellan readies lower-cost funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... higher net profit after tax of $395.2 million for FY20. The Magellan Core series will kick off as open-ended funds on Chi-X (so far its ETFs use ASX as the primary listing venue) by the end of the year. The inaugural set of three includes the MFG Core ...

SME insolvencies set to increase

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... "Payment times remain high, indicating significant cash flow issues, whilst the number of companies going into administration is far below the monthly average we would expect, telling us that many firms are being artificially propped up," he said. The ...

Finance employees remain fearful

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
While finance employees rank among those most confident in Australia's workforce, they are also the most likely to have numerous concerns on the risks of returning to the office. According to LinkedIn's Workforce Confidence Index, the financial services ...

Chief economist update: Ardern's ardour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... 8). "The more we are together, together, together, Oh! The more we are together The merrier we'll be." - Irvin King So far, so good. New Zealand hasn't experience a second wave like Australia. Still, as Bloomberg notes: "While a government wage ...