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Women focus in Labor budget reply

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has put the spotlight on childcare, aged care and social housing when delivering his budget reply speech. Delivering his response, Albanese said Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's budget has left Australians behind. "Our economy ...

Manipulative trading at J.P. Morgan costs it over $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
J.P. Morgan will be forced to cough up more than $1.3 billion (US$920 million) after entering into an agreement with the US Department of Justice, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The agreements ...

IFM, Trafigura launch renewable investment company

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
IFM Investors has formed a joint venture with physical commodities trading group Trafigura to launch a new company set to invest in solar, wind and power storage projects globally. Nala Renewables aims to build a portfolio of renewable energy projects ...

J.P. Morgan set to cough up US$1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co is set to cough up close to $1.4 billion (US$1 billion) to shut down regulatory and government agency probes into market manipulation allegations on its precious metals and treasuries trading desk. As first reported by Bloomberg ...

S&P DJI rebalances S&P/ASX Indices

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
S&P Dow Jones Indices has announced its quarterly rebalance of ASX indices, effective at the open of trade on September 21. The quarterly rebalance will see two new additions to the S&P/ASX 20 Index; those being Coles Group and Fortescue Metals. The ...

Dividend cuts not as bad as expected

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
Most people expected dividends to fall by 30% this year, but company payouts this earnings season have been decent, says Ausbil. Ausbil's Michael Price, who manages its active dividend income fund, said in general, the firm has been pleasantly surprised ...

Advisers bolt to cash, gold

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Advisers seeking to de-risk portfolios have sparked mass inflows to defensive assets and an almost equal amount in outflows of riskier assets, namely Australian equities. The BetaShares Australian High Interest Cash ETF (AAA) and ETF Securities Physical ...

First company lists on Sydney Stock Exchange

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
Junior gold miner Torque Metals has become the first company to list on the Sydney Stock Exchange. Sydney Stock Exchange chief executive Michael Go said the listing was the first under the exchange's new strategy and that several more companies were ...

Gold rally continues to hit new highs

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
Both AMP Capital's Shane Oliver and Saxo Capital Markets' Eleanor Creagh believe there is further upside for gold, as investors desperate for an inflationary hedge send prices soaring higher. Futures contracts for gold hit all-time highs on Monday ...

Momentum, quality outperform in 2020: S&P

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Quality and low volatility indices outperformed during the COVID-19 financial crash, which saw the Australian share market drop 35.9% between February 20 and March 23, according to new research coming out of S&P Dow Jones Indices. During the crash ...