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Hostplus ups income protection premiums by 73%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... environment and challenging group life and income protection market, the renewed three year guarantee broadly represented a good outcome for the fund's 1.2 million members and has been secured at a time when a number of other funds and their insurers ...

Chief economist update: Gone fishing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... the future. I'm not worried about that at all in the foreseeable future, though. The starting position here was very good. The more pressing issue is, I think, what the next couple of years look like". "To date it's been income support, and over ...

Retail investors surpass one million

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... taken into consideration when selecting or exiting investments. "There is strong appetite for investments that demonstrate good ESG standards, and the desire for investors to align their investments to their values, goals and aspirations is notable across ...

Chief economist update: Worse news is better news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... recovery, although a complete recovery was not expected by year-end." And there we have it folks, the return of bad news is good news... or in this case, worse news is better news. The FOMC minutes say it all: "In their consideration of monetary policy ...

Moelis adds to board

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
Moelis Australia has announced the appointment of two non-executive directors to its board, effective immediately. Alexandra Goodfellow and Kate Pilcher Ciafone have joined the previously all-male board, as Moelis chief financial officer Joseph Simon ...

Kogan Super reports growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
Kogan's super offering launched last year has seen a 40% rise in funds under management, according to the online retailer's financial results. Kogan said in its results that the launch of its superannuation offering had been successful. Kogan Super ...

ACSRF, NGS Super explore merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... itself than with a larger fund. "We believe our strength is going forward to be a strong sector-based fund, we already had good coverage...[and] this merger strengthens and increases coverage in core constituencies," she said. Both funds are public offer. ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... removes all business' raison d'etre and hindering them from investing in structures and machinery and staff. So far, so good. The reimposition of restrictions are again having their desired effect, cases of infections are (again) heading lower. ...

SG increase will impact wage growth: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... quarter, but it will show the biggest economic contraction in many decades, likely to be around 7%," he said. "If there is any good news to be found here, it is that this decline is not as large as initially feared. Similarly, while the labour market ...

Chief economist update: Second wave threatens an oil spill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... oil's supply/demand equation in favour of higher prices (at best) or stable prices at current prices (at worst). So far so good... Partial third quarter results show crude oil prices have stabilised - WTI oil at an average of US$40.99/barrel and ...