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Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... preserve capital have come out of favour." These include businesses that are thriving in the current environment, such as Telstra, Woolworths and Coles. While companies like Fortescue Metals have an attractive dividend yield, Amir said. She recommends ...

Super CIOs defend illiquid assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
At a virtual round table hosted by QIC the chief investment officers of AustralianSuper, LGIAsuper and more defended allocations to illiquid assets. Following weeks of scrutiny over potential liquidity issues facing super funds, the chief investments ...

Telstra issues 10-year bond

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
Telstra has issued an $860 million 10-year bond as it moves to further strengthen its balance sheet. The bond, issued at €500 million, has been priced under Telstra's debt issuance program, and will be issued on April 23. Telstra said it would use ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... increase their dividends like grocery [stocks] such as Coles, Woolworths, Metcash and IGA [which] are going gangbusters. Even Telstra, which has cut dividends over the last few years could be a beneficiary of the world telecommuting de riguer [during ...

VFMC confirms new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation has named its new chief risk officer, following the departure of Bryony Hayes in January. In a statement to Financial Standard, VFMC chief executive Lisa Gray confirmed acting chief risk officer Lucy Carr has ...

Times of turmoil create opportunities: deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... financials, those being Westpac and NAB. Other picks included BHP Group, Blackmores, Premier Investments, Super Retail Group, Telstra, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Viva Energy, and Woodside Petroleum.

TAL loses super fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
TAL has lost a group insurance mandate following a comprehensive review by the super fund's trustee. Members of Freedom of Choice, an offering under the AMG Super umbrella, have been notified that TAL will no longer provide their group insurance ...

Bleak year for dividend growth in Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... report. About 40% or two fifths of ASX-listed companies cut their dividends in 2019. The biggest cutters were NAB and Telstra. However, even if these companies had not cut dividends, Australia's dividend growth would still have been flat for 2019. Commonwealth ...

Property manager hires super fund head

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
Property investment manager Charter Hall has appointed a superannuation fund executive to lead the group's direct business. TelstraSuper head of real assets Miriam Patterson has scored the newly created role of fund manager at Charter Hall Direct, in ...

Retail funds outperform, but industry funds dominate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... spot with 10.1% over three years. Two corporate super options cracked the top 10, with Mercy Super's MySuper product and Telstra Super's Corporate Plus MySuper Growth option both returning 9.4% over three years. MySuper products earned 15.2% for the ...