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WAM makes proposition plans public

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... towards investing in the highest quality Australian companies, and offer more favourable terms, such as a significantly lower management fee and the requirement to recoup any prior underperformance before the payment of future performance fees, is superior ...

S&P 500 rebounds from COVID-losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... since March lows. Daily FX strategist Margaret Yang said interestingly the majority of the index's components ended lower despite the overall rise. "It is worth noting that 66.5% of the index's components ended lower - a weird phenomenon that ...

ANZ posts profit, announces dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... for the quarter, with ANZ saying it benefitted from a stronger markets performance (around 60% higher), partly offset by lower margins and transaction volumes. The board announced the 25 cents per share dividend, which will be paid to shareholders, which ...

New 'cash plus' style sovereign bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... natural index (RBA plus 2.5%), in technical terms we've removed the beta allocation to make a more absolute return style, lower volatility offering with no credit [exposure]," Jamieson said. "It is hedged back to AUD and we are very tight to hedge. [We ...

Westpac ditches dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... of $595 million. "Our third quarter 2020 result excluding notables is higher than the first half average, mostly due to lower impairment charges," King said. "Nevertheless, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is clear as activity fell and margins declined." ...

Front loaded discounts lead to worse outcomes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
New research, commissioned by PPS Mutual, found that front loaded discount policies draw in clients with lower premiums in the first year but have higher premiums from the third year onwards, leading to financial advisers copping the brunt of lapses. ...

Young-old wealth gap widest in 18 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... researchers found that while younger people have better health, education and social outcomes than other cohorts, they have faced lower wage growth, masked underutilisation and lower levels of home ownership. Another driver is the skew of government ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... personnel they employ would be affected. It then becomes a vicious circle where consumers, fearing loss of income and/or lower wages, save rather than spend. Less consumer spending leads to reduced business revenues and profits that, in turn, removes ...

Schroders appoints head of private debt

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... (where traditional bank returns are more difficult to achieve with higher capital imposts), and desire for banks to hold lower concentrations of single asset exposures on their balance sheets than they previously were, meaning the door is open for so-called ...

SG increase will impact wage growth: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... that. Speaking at the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics Lowe said the SG increase will be offset by lower wage growth. "It will certainly have a negative effect on wages growth. If this increase goes ahead, I would expect wage ...