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Why COVID-19 could boost ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... Fidelity meanwhile found that the price of a share in companies with a high Fidelity ESG rating dropped less than that on average, while those with a low rating fell more than the benchmark. Fidelity International global head of stewardship and sustainable ...

Aberdeen Standard global equities funds downgraded

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... undergo further near-term changes," Morningstar said in a note. It also said the team's nine-strong manager lineup with an average 18 years of experience would help mitigate the key-person risk. However, it was concerned about the portfolio moving towards ...

CBA Group Super posts -7.7% returns for March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... amid COVID-19 volatility, pushing its one-year returns into the negative territory while longer-term remain buoyant. The average not-for-profit superannuation fund's posted -9% in returns for the month of March, based on analysis of 15 de-identified ...

Recruitment, salaries slide in financial services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... pressures and further business growth." Of course, COVID-19 changed all of that. For the period of January to March the average salary of all positions Kaizen delivered was $115,000. At the end of 2019, the average salary was $145,000. The highest salary ...

BlackRock profits slump during COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... products over BlackRock's other offerings during the March quarter. BlackRock, which manages about US$7.1 trillion in average AUM, generated US$806 million in net income for the first quarter, down from US$1 billion last March quarter. Total inflows ...

Telstra issues 10-year bond

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... telecommunications company said. "The bank facilities and the company's latest bond issue are both well below Telstra's current average cost of funds." Telstra chief executive Andrew Penn said credit facilities demonstrated the financial strength of ...

ETF demand boosts gold

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... terrorist attack it was up 22.2% against equities and during the Yom Kippur War in 1973 the gold price was up 103%. On average, in a negative equity market the price of gold is up 17.8% on world equity prices. Walesby said where the gold price is today ...

APRA-regulated fund or SMSF: It's all the same

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... volatile markets, major funds have been hit time and time again. But, what about SMSFs? According to Rainmaker research, on average, 24% of a SMSFs aggregate funds under management is in cash, 17% is in property and 43% is in shares. Shares are down ...

How wealth management must respond to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... organisations (assets under management above $80 billion) and small organisations (assets under management below $20 billion) with average profit margins of 37 basis points and three basis points, respectively, suggested through a survey of 21 private ...

ISA warns Aussies off locking in losses

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... volatility. "At the last major market decline - during the Global Financial Crisis - savers who moved their money from an average balanced industry fund into cash were $4000 worse off after three months, $13,800 after a year and $34,800 worse off after ...