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CFM fund to wind up

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... CFM ISTrends Trust, which uses long-term trend following to invest in commodities, currencies, fixed income, short-term rates, equities and credit.

JobKeeper saved 700,000 jobs: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... retrospective and does not consider the effects of the program from August 2020 to present. "Notably, the changes in payment rates and eligibility that occurred from end September mean that our estimates may not generalise beyond our period of analysis," ...

Franking credits more important than ever

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... the taxation system, according to Plato Investment Management. Plato portfolio manager Peter Gardner said, with interest rates at historic lows, many retirees are in a position where they could garner more income from franking credits than cash investments. ...

Retirement costs keep rising: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... dining-out options, have had a significant short-term impact on retirement lifestyles, ASFA found. "Recent reductions in interest rates and dividends also are having an impact on the financial position of many Australian retirees," Fahy added. ASFA said ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine and Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... addition, there's still the question of whether a less than draconian national lockdown would be enough to turn the rates of infections and deaths around. Get up on the right side of the bed - which could be the left side - and there's "whispering ...

Super tax structure less progressive: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... superannuation funds currently administer superannuation earnings tax, but the ATO holds information about people's marginal tax rates."

New approach needed for Age Pension: RIR

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... consistent with the indications of retirees in financial stress, retiree renters on the Age Pension have income poverty rates well in excess of other retirees and working-age groups." In addition, the inequity gap may increase as the cost of the Age ...

Funds management in ASIC spotlight

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... said. "The act of asset management (the real stewardship of capital allocation) is challenged more than ever as risk-free rates flatline. At the same time, asset managers on the hunt for yield (starved of that yield in government bond markets) are moving ...

COVID-19 to remain dominant in 2021

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... of concern about businesses with higher leverage, higher sensitivity to economic growth and an expectation that interest rates will remain very low for the foreseeable future. "Further fiscal stimulus is needed to bridge the economy towards a "COVID-OFF" ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... late-August/early-September after the US Federal Reserve announced a shift into a lower for longer strategy - suggesting that Australian interest rates would be at a premium over US rates going forward and enticing investors to buy the Aussie dollar ...