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Stimulus, ERS boost financial comfort

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... aged pensioners, youth, sick, students, carers and parents)." The report said that while there are several households with lower incomes than prior to the pandemic the financial actions they took have assisted, including drawing on their superannuation. ...

Raiz increases fees for lower balances

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
Raiz Invest has announced a new fee structure, increasing the monthly fee for lower balance customers. The financial services platform announced it would be increasing some fees for its Australian customers. The monthly maintenance fee will increase ...

Global investor confidence suffers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
Global investor confidence has decreased since the start of the year, with large drops in Asia and Europe dragging down the index, according to State Street. The Global Investor Confidence Index decreased to 91.9, down 8.9 points from January's revised ...

Chief economist update: Fed fights back bond bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... logical reaction. Higher interest rates lead to higher borrowing costs - for governments, companies, investors and consumers - lower stock market valuations and increased attraction to (now) higher yielding bonds relative to undulating company stock ...

Centrepoint Alliance posts $1.6m NPAT

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... about 10% or $1.4 million (excluding Enzumo). This included a drop of about 17 full-time employees (107.5 FTE now), $300,000 lower travel and marketing spend in COVID-19 restrictions, and $400,000 lower audit and consulting costs. The company had $14.7 ...

Chief economist update: The cloud over the rainbow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
"I think I can make it now, the pain is gone All of the bad feelings have disappeared Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) Sun-shiny day." -- Johnny Nash, "I Can See Clearly Now" Do you ...

CFOs gain clout in ESG metrics

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... social and governance (ESG) challenges," the report said. As an example, Accenture cited using public cloud infrastructure to lower a company's carbon footprint. The report also found about 73% of Australian chief financial officers had the final stay ...

IOOF to spend big on BOLR

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... 11%) for the six months ending December 2020. Its advice gross margin was impacted by end of the BT arrangement, $3 million lower adviser service fee revenue from Shadforth, and $9.9 million underlying losses from ex-ANZ advice licensees. It saved $4 ...

UK drags Bravura performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... practical and analytical workshops," Bravura said. This results in a lack of material client deals across the sector and lower levels of project work, but pre-sales activity is "high as clients and prospects continue to evaluate our products to be in ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... confidence index jumped by five percentage points to a reading of +10 in January - above its long-run average of +6 and despite lower than the +13 recorded in November last year, remains the highest in three years. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index ...