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Hundreds of billions ripped from super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... of positive figures in May, as markets set about reclaiming the ground lost to the pandemic. Rainmaker's data shows the average return for MySuper products in May was 2.1%, which followed the 3.2% return posted in April. The firm's executive director ...

Sustainable dividend stocks offer yield opportunities: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... reversals and drawdowns. "Narrow breadth can last for extended periods of time, however past episodes have signaled below average market returns and eventual momentum reversals leading to larger than average prospective drawdowns," it said. "In addition ...

MySuper goes back-to-back in the black

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... positive returns, after a couple of negative months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Latest Rainmaker research shows the average return for MySuper products in May was 2.1%, which followed the 3.2% return posted in April. The result followed returns of ...

Arena REIT completes oversubscribed capital raise

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... 5% discount to Arena REIT's closing price on June 1 of $2.40 a share, a 7.3% discount from its five-day volume weighted average price of $2.46 a share. Approximately 26.3 million new securities will be issued to participating institutional investors. ...

Housing affordability improves

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... affordability declined, with buyers needing to dedicate a further 2.9%, 0.4% and 0.2% of their incomes respectively for the average home loan. Rental affordability also improved in the March quarter, with the proportion of income required to meet rent ...

Madison sale confirmed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... other customary conditions. Clime's $4.5 million raise is priced at 46 cents per share, which is a 14% discount to CIW's average share price over last 30 trading days.

Stop guessing games: AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... said. "Investors that are prepared to look beyond short term volatility and assess value over a long timeframe than the average investor have an exploitable edge in my view." Most companies in the portfolio, Steele admits, have been negatively impacted ...

No slowdown in sight for ERS applications

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... members. The total value of payments during the week to May 24 was $1.6 billion, with $12.2 billion paid since inception. The average payment made over the period since inception is $7476. The fund-level data shows that 149 of the 177 funds that submitted ...

Super withdrawals being misused

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... who accessed their super early increased, although the scheme was designed to support people in financial hardship. On average, people withdrew $8000 and spent an extra $2855 in two weeks above their usual fortnightly spending. Bligh suggested there ...

Super release widens gender gap: AMP

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... compared to their male counterparts (12%). "These withdrawals are widening the gender superannuation gap, with men having on average 29% higher superannuation balances than women following the withdrawals, increasing from 25%," AMP said. Women had been ...