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Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... number of unemployed people would have increased to around 1.55 million people (and an unemployment rate of around 11.3%)." So far this year, 807,400 Australians have been given pink slips - 286,500 full-time and 520,900 part-time. It would have been ...

ASIC lays out product intervention plans

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... harm is particularly timely now, when so many are facing uniquely challenging circumstances with the impact of COVID-19." So far the regulator has used to power in relation to a short-term credit product, and have consulted on its use for other ongoing ...

Which is the most important letter in ESG?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... show the strongest financial results but over a 13-year time horizon there is more balance across ESG factors. Governance is far from the only consideration. That said, overall governance was found to have the most impact on a company's performance overall. ...

Schroders nabs Mercer product boss

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
The regional head of Mercer's product and solutions management offerings has jumped ship, joining Schroders as head of product. Schroders has hired Natalie Morcos as the firm's local head of product. Morcos replaces the US-bound incumbent Stephen Kwa ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... of this year to remain practicing. Only about half the advisers on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register have sat the exam so far. The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association chief executive Judith Fox welcomed the news. "Brokers and advisers have ...

ISA plays devil's advocate on SG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... growth". "But our research has proven that even using the most conservative assumptions, workers of all income levels are far better off overall with super going up," Dean said. "To suggest our modelling shows otherwise would be wrong, but those suggestions ...

New equity partners at Tribeca unit

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... through an unlisted fund and a closed-ended ASX-listed vehicle (ASX: TGF). The strategy's performance this year has been a far cry from 2016 when it reported a net return of 148.7%. In 2017, it was named the best performing hedge fund in the world in ...

Real estate assets hit $316bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... fund manager by AUM, totalling $52 billion in 2019, according to the ANREV/INREV/NCREIF Fund Manager Survey 2020. Goodman far outpaced its next ranking peer Charter Hall which reported $38.9 billion in total real estate AUM, followed by Lendlease with ...

FPA accuses ASIC of price gouging

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... process of compiling this feedback," De Gori said. "It is too early to understand how long these measures will be needed and far too soon to be setting an end date, given that the feedback process is yet to be completed."

Major OneVue shareholder says IRESS bid too low

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... Billionaire investor and OneVue shareholder Alex Waislitz says IRESS's offer to acquire OVH for 40 cents a share is a far cry from the company's actual value. Waislitz's Thorney Opportunities and related companies started buying stock in ...