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Euroz expecting spike in NPAT

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
The West Australian diversified financials firm said it expects a 193% pcp increase in its unaudited net profit after tax to $25.1 million in the half ending December 2020. Underlying cash profits after tax were $10.9 million and non-cash (most of it ...

Hyperion makes foray into active ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... established in 2014 for wholesale investors. It has about $1 billion in assets under management. The fund was buoyed by the spike in Tesla's share price, together with Square, Paypal and Amazon. Some of its other holdings include Costco, Salesforce ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
The longer the Eurozone takes to get on top of the resurgence, the longer the lockdowns, the greater the risk of a double-dip recession. COVID-19 infections in Europe started re-appearing and multiplying sometime around October last year. The growth ...

CSC announces new partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... Lifeline's 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention services. CSC chief executive Damian Hill said there has been a spike in the number of CSC customers reporting mental ill-health. He suggested this reflects the increase of mental ill-health in ...

MLC Life appoints executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... ratio) and 10-year subordinated debt of $120 million. In its statement, Nippon Life referenced life insurance industry's spike in income protection claims, COVID-19's impact and high unemployment which put MLC Life's business performance ...

Chief economist update: Australia is out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... during the period. "Victoria was the exception, with the state implementing stage 4 restrictions in early August due to a spike in COVID-19 cases." Household consumption sans Victoria contributed four percentage points to the September quarter growth. ...

The hits you don't see hurt the most: Aviva

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... occupancy in central London had only crept up to 25%. That was prior to the city being plunged into a new lockdown to curb a spike in COVID-19 cases. The shift to working from home has presented other real asset opportunities, with digital infrastructure ...

ATO prepares for end of ERS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... continue until late January 2021 as it works through the final applications. It appears the ATO is anticipating one final spike in last minute applications, as was the case when the second tranche opened in July. Funds will be updated in January to confirm ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
It won't be long now till we again hear "balcony concertos" - the ones started in Italy back in March this year (and gone viral on cyberspace) when the government imposed a hard lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic - for infections in Europe ...

Pandemic batters life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out $1.4 billion from the books of life insurers and triggered a spike in claims, according to new research. KPMG's 2020 Life insurance insights reveals close to half of the firms it analysed are making a loss. ...