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Suncorp wealth head departs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... banking roles in Australia and overseas. "Lee is a highly capable executive and I am disappointed to see her depart after a short time with the Group. I respect her desire to spend more time closer to home and I wish her well," Suncorp chief executive ...

Dividends take hit, but will recover

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... Ausbil, whose portfolio manager Michael Price said shareholders must prepare for a significant drop in dividends over the short term. "Dividends are definitely going to fall as earnings are going to fall," he said. "During the Global Financial crisis ...

AMP defends hefty remuneration bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... remuneration and is not what he was actually paid in 2019. Last year De Ferrari received $4 million in fixed remuneration and short term incentives. The remainder of the $13.4 million disclosed included awards received when he joined the company and ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
As COVID-19 batters the once celebrated yield-providing banks, investors have turned to corporate bonds in their search for income. Amid the spiraling economic environment, investors have become increasingly aware of the difference between "dividends" ...

Insurtech investments down 54% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... over US$450 million. But it took until the end of March - the rest of the quarter - to double that amount," WTW said. "In short, almost half of the total amount raised in Q1 was raised in the first 35 days of a 91-day quarter. From March 10 to quarter-end ...

Trustee behaviour in a COVID-19 world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
SMSF trustee behaviour will be under scrutiny from the Australian Taxation Office and they're set to face some tough penalties if they assist in the illegal early release of super. Under the government's ERS scheme, a number of key issues face SMSF ...

Advice, but not as you know it

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... distress when investors can start to panic." "That can often lead to investment decisions which can become highly reactive and short-term focused and can end up destroying long-term value." This idea of "short-term-ism" is something Lamborn said has ...

How early release impacts the ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... buy up those positions," he said. "But this selling was dwarfed by the strong performance in markets in April." Over the short term, the government's ERS could impact ASX stock prices, as super funds rush to offload parts of their portfolios to fund ...

Pinnacle boutique launches Cayman fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... and since February 2019 inception. "The focus of the fund in investing only in liquid products and its policy of no net short option positions has contributed to it exhibiting significant outperformance during months where the S&P500 suffered bad sell-offs," ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... likely to experience poor currency performance, they said, with investors shunning risk assets during the COVID-19 crisis to short local currencies and hedge their holdings. "This has placed acute pressure on EM countries dependent upon capital inflows ...