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Trust in big four improves

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... Australia's big four banks has made headways during the COVID-19 crisis, yet despite the improvement they still don't make the top 10. Surveying 1250 Australians in relation to 31 banks, the Australian Banking Brand and Trust index found that trust in ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... employment numbers showed there were even more workers out of work that month - 870K versus the initial estimate of 701K. To top these all, the CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - has fallen to a reading of 27.98 on the day which is the lowest reading ...

Kiwi investment firm nabs Aussie talent

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... he said. Newly appointed Jarden Australia chief executive Robbie Vanderzeil said he was looking forward to attracting other top talent to the firm as it kicks-off in Australia. "Jarden is the clear market leader in New Zealand and it's logical the firm ...

Trustee behaviour in a COVID-19 world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... amounting to $12,600. If trustees thought they could hide the payments under the guise of a loan, then Keating said the ATO is on top of that too. "Often when we investigate, we see that the "loan" doesn't have the characteristics of a loan; there is ...

How early release impacts the ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... be fine, he said, as they are very liquid, however, smaller companies in the index could suffer. "As you creep outside the top 20, and certainly outside the top 50, you could see some of those companies really having a tough time in finding people to ...

Early release applications top $9bn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
As more than $9 billion in super is requested for early release, Australia's largest superannuation fund has paid out over $1 billion, with funds for the industries hardest hit by COVID-19 not far behind. Australia's largest fund, the $185 billion ...

ASIC issues stark warning to retail investors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... trading. Prior to this volatility, ASIC said an average of 34,502 new identifiers appeared in a period of the same length. On top of that, 142,022 dormant retail broking clients which had not traded in the period before this volatility suddenly started ...

Platform cancels top 50 funds list

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
A UK investment platform has cancelled its usual list of the top 50 funds after it backed a fund that got suspended and promoted funds with discounted fees. Hargreaves Lansdown, a FTSE 100 company, will no longer publish the Wealth 50 which it called ...

ESG-themed funds fall short of expectations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... designations. Hyperion Australian Growth Companies, AB Managed Volatility Equities, Investors Mutual All Industrials Share were the top three in terms of carbon risk score in the large equities category. "Hyperion's quality and long-term growth focus ...

ERS top of mind for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
Early release of super was the topic most frequently asked about by advisers during March and April, according to new figures from AMP's technical adviser support team. The next most asked about issue was minimum pension drawdowns as the government ...