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Chief economist update: The second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... pace of recovery remain extraordinarily uncertain and will depend in large part on our success in containing the virus." The big drop on Wall Street offers bullish investors to who missed out on the last three month's rally a cheap entry. But it ...

Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... feeling the pinch - like a bank ATM. "What this would mean is that super funds would have to hold more cash to pay out like a big bank ATM, rather than getting better returns by investing in assets for the long term." In his speech, the shadow assistant ...

ASIC mainly concerned with media releases: Lawyer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... Australia's largest institutions during the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, and are still feeling the consequences. "The big end of town, led by their industry bodies, successfully watered down FOFA to the rubble we were forced to live with ...

BlackRock drops fees on bond ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... customised Bloomberg index that measures the performance of the Australian corporate bond market after excluding issuance from the big four banks. IYLD is targeting 0.75% to 1% yield margin over the RBA cash rate and will charge 12bps per year as fees. ...

Senator criticises lazy super system

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... did see was a number of funds struggled with people staying in super but switching their assets to cash. That was actually a big issue for the super funds and one that we probably need to consider when we discuss liquidity going forward."

What advisers need to know: BT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... said. "For a lot of advisers, they want to feel comfortable from a security perspective about the remote proctoring. That's a big concern." He said the 79% pass rate on the most recent FASEA exam was a strong result, given the credit level that has to ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession - the next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... imports over the March quarter - due to frozen international supply chains and domestic business operations. What mattered big time though is Mighty Mo's rescue packages - more specifically, his JobSeeker and JobKeeper schemes and of course, the ...

Economic outlook not as bad as predicted: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia governor Phillip Lowe said the extent of the economic downturn, as a result of the impacts of COVID-19, is not as dire as expected. At the June meeting, the RBA board decided to maintain the current policy settings, keeping ...

Fed buys up BlackRock ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
BlackRock has emerged as the biggest winner of the US Federal Reserve's corporate bond buying program, with its ETFs making up around half of the central bank's purchases. The Fed bought US$1.58 billion in investment grade and high-yield ETFs in May ...

IRESS advances surprise bid for OneVue

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
In a surprise announcement this morning, IRESS made an offer to acquire OneVue, whose shareholders have been waiting on the company's previously-announced buyback and recovery of money owed to it by Sargon entities. IRESS is offering to buy all ...