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Front loaded discounts lead to worse outcomes

ANNABELLE DICKSON | TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020

... criticism for poor risk management and product design to be sheeted back to advisers. All too often it is financial advisers that bear the brunt of these poor insurer practices." The retail life insurance industry has adopted these discounts to gain ...

Chief economist update: The wages of COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020

... to the 75.6 reading recorded in April 2020 (the lowest in the survey's 47-year history). The latest survey doesn't bear good tidings for wages with the "Unemployment Expectations Index" soaring to a cycle high of 163.4 points - a jump of 14.6% ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY | WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020

Asset managers slightly increased their risk tolerance in the second quarter of the year in a bid to ride the equity rally, but risk aversion still remains high. That's according to new research from institutional specialist consultant bfinance, which ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020

... Australia's effective unemployment rate is projected to rise from 11% in June towards 14%. Morrison said Victoria will bear 80% of the economic damage from its lockdown." These don't factor in the rising cases of infection in New South Wales ...

Chief economist update: Could COVID-19 dissenters be correct?

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020

... scale, China has shown that draconian restrictions work... and quickly. Its economy is now healing. The facts and the stats bear this out despite some gentle readers berating my praise of China's response to the pandemic. In a letter sent to our ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020

Down, down, prices are down... big time! The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the country's headline inflation dropped by 1.9% in the June quarter - the largest quarter on quarter decline in the 72-year history that the statistician ...

Chief economist update: No Karens in China

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020

... infringement of civil liberties but China's aggressive and draconian policy response to the coronavirus outbreak continues to bear dividends. China's hard-fisted enforcement of quarantine and isolation measures - under penalty of imprisonment ...

Boutique appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020

A Melbourne boutique has hired a new chief operating officer, who has previously worked in similar roles at Perennial and Prodigy. Lewis Bearman is joining Blue Orbit Asset Management in the newly-created role effective August 4. Bearman was most recently ...

ASIC will not appeal wagyu and shiraz decision

ANNABELLE DICKSON | THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020

The corporate regulator has announced it will not appeal to the High Court's rejection ofits case against Westpac for alleged responsible lending breaches. ASIC commenced federal court proceedings against Westpac in 2017 alleging that between December ...

Saxo Markets adds options to platform

ALLY SELBY | FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020

... to sell options to earn additional income over and above dividends, it said. They can also be beneficial in both bull and bear markets, Saxo said. "ETOs are a powerful tool for equity portfolio protection. Options can be traded without the investor necessarily ...

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Former chief financial officer at Rest returns in new role

VINNY VUCAGO | 11:16AM

Rest is welcoming back it's former chief financial officer as its inaugural chief commercial officer.

Macquarie chair provides 'cautious' outlook at AGM

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:36PM

Macquarie Group has provided its first quarter update at its AGM, with outgoing chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake describing trading conditions as "satisfactory".

GDG delivers 36% jump in FUM

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:36PM

Generation Development Group has reported strong growth to the year ending June 30.

Aussie Olympian's brother sentenced over crypto scam

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:30PM

The brother of Australian breakdancing Olympian 'Raygun' has been sentenced 12 months' imprisonment for his role in a global cryptocurrency scam.

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