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Perpetual axes geared investment options

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
A number of underperforming super options have been axed by Perpetual. Perpetual has terminated its Geared High Growth option, Geared Australian Share option and its Capital Guarantee option for Perpetual Select Super members. Members were notified ...

Insurers prepare for tragic COVID-19 fall-out

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
Life insurer MetLife is preparing for an increase in mental health claims in the wake of COVID-19, with the insurer acknowledging the psychological toll of financial hardship. "There is a direct connection between financial wellbeing and mental health. ...

Credit Suisse names preferred investment options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... operating conditions improve and LNK benefit from the PES acquisition," they said. "We can also see a pathway for Link to de-gear without raising equity." Since the wrap-up of the August 2020 reporting season, Credit Suisse said its order of preference ...

WAM makes LIC takeover bid

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
Wilson Asset Management has made an off-market takeover bid for geared listed investment company Concentrated Leaders Fund (CLF) as a result of its ongoing poor performance and management woes. WAM is offering shareholders two of its shares for 3.7 ...

Equipsuper changes insurance premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
Equipsuper will increase the fund's total premium collections by 2%, as it changes rates for members after a review. The rejig will see premiums rise for some members and fall for others, alongside changes to their cover. For members whose premiums ...

Hobart adviser cops ban

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... financial adviser from providing financial services for five years after he encouraged clients to inappropriately double gear their investments. Meritum Financial Group authorised representative David Horton has been banned after ASIC found he had failed ...

New player in geared, index-shorting ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
After BetaShares' success in attracting investors to its geared, index-shorting ETFs during COVID's market decline, another player is getting ready to throw its hat in the ring. ETF Securities is set to launch new ETFs based on the NASDAQ 100 ...

Equipsuper, corporate fund merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
As it gears up for its own merger, Equipsuper has completed another successor fund transfer, transitioning the corporate super plan of a national wealth management group. Equipsuper is now home to the 950 members of the Pitcher Retirement Plan, with ...

Dividend yield set to dial down to zero

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
Contrarian fund manager Allan Gray predicts dividend headwinds are on the horizon, arguing investors shouldn't expect any yield from the majority of ASX-listed companies in the near future. Allan Gray chief investment officer Simon Mawhinney said he ...

BetaShares to list hedged versions of global stocks ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
BetaShares today listed a currency-hedged version of its Global Quality Leaders ETF and will launch similar versions of two other ETFs in the coming weeks, as local investors' appetite for currency hedging grows. The BetaShares Global Quality Leaders ...