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APRA releases final ERS figures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... from 20 April 2020 to 31 December 2020. The ERS scheme surpassed Treasury's initial estimates of $29 billion but has fallen short of its revised estimates of $42 billion being removed. Of the 3.5 million Australians who applied to the scheme, 1.4 million ...

Chief economist update: Disappointing jobs results raise Biden's stimulus bid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... two months than previously reported. Moreover, in spite of the January gain, the US economy remains around 10 million jobs short of the peak recorded in February last year. Similarly, while the unemployment rate dropped to 6.3% in January 2021 from 6.7% ...

Aware expands affordable housing portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
Aware Super continues to build its affordable housing portfolio with the addition of a new development in Greater Western Sydney. The $135 billion superannuation fund will construct 300 affordable housing units and 8750 square metres of office and retail ...

Longstanding Challenger exec in new role

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
Challenger's executive director, real estate investments has taken on a new role with a fund manager. Chris Pak has joined EG as divisional director of business development after over seven years in his previous role and a further seven as general manager ...

JPMAM unveils sustainable fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... strategy. JPMorgan Global Macro Sustainable Fund opened to retail investors on February 1 and comprises a portfolio of long and short positions in equity, fixed income, currency and volatility that capitalise on return opportunities presented by macroeconomic ...

Kearney Group launches responsible managed portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... Group, we've long believed that good investment is responsible investment," Kearney chief executive Paul Kearney said. "Short-term gains that come at the expense of our community and planet, aren't really 'good returns'." Kearney said ...

ASIC winds up Mayfair 101 debenture issuer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... Australia." The court heard in September 2020 that M101 Nominees was unstable because it was raising funds from noteholders on a short-term basis and then lending for a term of 10 years. It also heard that distributions and redemptions paid to M Core ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Wall Street's down. Repeat, Wall Street's down! The CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - jumped by 9.5% in the last trading day of the first month of 2021 to 33.09 points, marking the highest since the renewed COVID-19 outbreak in Europe that subsequently ...

Investors going in blind: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... surge of activist investors have pushed the share price of US-based retailer Gamestop over 600% in the last week in a bid to short-squeeze hedge funds. The amateur investors, using the Reddit forum WallStreetBets, are reportedly targeting hedge fund ...

ASIC faces cybersecurity attack

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
Corporate watchdog ASIC was hit with a cybersecurity breach on January 15 that has potentially exposed personal information. ASIC announced on January 25 that the incident involved unauthorised access to a server that contained documents associated ...