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Property investors should diversify: FSI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... while the pandemic lockdowns have certainly had an impact on the earnings of REITs, the impact has been felt much harder by retail malls, with office, industrial and residential property actually demonstrating significant resilience. "The impacts haven't ...

Marianne Perkovic to depart CBA

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... banking division as grounds for the exit. CBA's private banking business recently shifted to sit within the bank's retail services division. Previously, it had sat within CBA's business banking unit. According to a CBA spokesperson, the move ...

Capital raisings top $27bn, dividends down $10bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... offers and share purchase plans. To date, $21.71 billion of capital has been raised from institutions and $5.4 billion from retail shareholders to make a total of $27.113 billion in new capital. Dividend reductions have increased to $10.4 billion as ...

ASIC sues CBA, CFS over RC case

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... the arrangements could reasonably be expected to influence the choice of financial product recommended by the bank to its retail clients, or the financial advice it provided them. The regulator is chasing civil penalties against the bank and CFSIL, with ...

COVID-19 brings trading boom

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... the market reached its low point. "As this rapid growth has slowed steadily, so too have we seen a change in the focus of retail investors edging away from the comfort of blue chips," she said. nabTrade said the data was proving investors are happy to ...

Life insurers fork out more for mental health

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... last five years the number of claim benefits paid for mental health conditions has doubled. As has the total amount of retail disability income claim benefits paid out ($4.9 billion) through financial advisers when compared to the preceding five-year ...

IFM adds to leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... Committee chair Tim Wilson. In a letter to Wilson, IFM Investors chair Greg Combet asked for a wider investigation spanning retail and wholesale managed funds. "The media reports regarding your referral to APRA and ASIC do not clearly indicate that the ...

FIIG calls for taxation, regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... assets such as government bonds and corporate bonds with very few investors owning any bonds let alone those defined as retail," Stening said. FIIG's submission proposed a range of measures to address the imbalance in treatment of different asset ...

Vanguard adds to Aussie executive lineup

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... across the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Kolimago recognised Mighton for her work launching the firm's retail investor offering, which launched April 1 this year, and wished her all the best for future challenges at the investment ...

S&P warns of record fallen angels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... reached a three-month low of 5.90% on Monday, June 8, down from double-digit figures in early March," it said. S&P said retail funds investing in US high-yield bonds posted an inflow of US$5.1 billion during the week ended June 10, marking the 11th consecutive ...