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Aussie banks battered by pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
Australia's banks have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with cash earnings down more than 40% compared to the same time last year. According to EY analysis of Australia's big four banks' half year results, combined cash earnings were ...

Lockdown measures cost $4bn a week: Frydenberg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has revealed the COVID-19 social restrictions are costing the Australian economy $4 billion a week. New analysis from Treasury estimates the mass closure of businesses and activities, designed to stop the spread of the virus ...

Advice group research head departs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
The head of research at a major financial advice group has jumped ship, and is set to head up investments in AMP's superannuation trustee office. Miriam Herold is leaving Centrepoint Alliance, as the advice group's research leadership is re-shuffled ...

Industry fund adds to executive leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... director Jason Muir as chief risk officer, and EY director Simone Dyda as chief financial officer. Muir brings more than a decade of risk management and assurance experience to the industry fund, through stints at BT - where he spent more than three ...

Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... is opportunity in the market for those starting out. "For younger investors this is a fantastic time to invest once is a decade opportunity," he said. "Even if this market has another dip it will provide opportunity and longer term growth." He likes ...

Super CIOs defend illiquid assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... economic basics. He cited work from Deutsche Bank chief economist Torsten Slok who noted that the US has had a recession every decade since 1770. "The trigger is unusual, but having a recession and a bear market in stocks is part and parcel of what we ...

More super funds will merge: QMV

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
COVID-19 will be the shove that forces some superannuation funds to merge, while others thought safe prior to the pandemic will also be left pondering consolidation. According to QMV practice lead Anthony Forbes, there are certain funds that are going ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... Platypus Australian Equities. "These strategies are notable owing to their longevity, stability, and consistency over the past decade," Morningstar said. "Importantly, all three fund managers have relatively small but highly talented investment teams ...

ESG investing now mainstream: deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... 2020 I said that environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing would reshape the investment landscape in this new decade - but this phenomenon has been dramatically and irreversibly accelerated by the current situation," deVere chief executive ...

Dividends could take years to return: UBS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... per share (EPS) will not return to financial year 2019 levels until FY23. "Notably, after the GFC, it took more than a decade for EPS to recover to their prior highs due to a combination of weak earnings growth and large equity dilution," Stoltz said. ...