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Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... businesses to go on a cost-cutting spree to defend their profit margins. Lower interest rates would also help. However, corporate austerity, in itself, dictates reduced staffing. This would only add to the more than 20 million American workers (as of ...

AMP defends hefty remuneration bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... 11 to eight and would reduce further to seven following the sale. "We need to retain executives who are capable with corporate memory if we are to get this change done," Murray said. During De Ferrari's address at the AGM he commended AMP staff for ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
As COVID-19 batters the once celebrated yield-providing banks, investors have turned to corporate bonds in their search for income. Amid the spiraling economic environment, investors have become increasingly aware of the difference between "dividends" ...

Cbus ready to deploy cash

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... strategy [since nine months] in place where we look at companies with strong fundamentals but also strong stewardship and corporate sustainability alignments, where we would like to take longer-term equity holdings in listed sense," he said. He also ...

Early release applications top $9bn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... anticipated forward commitments," Patrick said. Meanwhile, Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy said the $8.4 billion corporate fund has paid out $33.2 million to 3488 of its approximately 31,000 members. "The global airline industry is at the ...

Netwealth, Ironbark partner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... additional capacity to support different value propositions and the evolving needs of the industry." Alan Kenny, head of corporate trustee and client solutions at Ironbark, said he is pleased the two companies have come together. "Combining out broad ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... monetary and fiscal policy aimed at supporting their economies during this unprecedented demand shock," they said. "On the corporate level, highly leveraged companies are likely to continue to be shunned." While the nature of the crisis has led domestic ...

ASX appoints compliance chief

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... Janine Ryan will take over from Kevin Lewis as he shifts into an advisory role ahead of his retirement in mid-2022. ASX Corporate Governance Council chair Elizabeth Johnstone thanked Lewis for his decade of service to the stock exchange. "I wish to acknowledge ...

Capital retention policies may hit investors: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... clear how long this change will continue for. If it is a temporary change, many investment processes and market and corporate behaviour will probably not move markedly when averaged over a longer period. "However, if this represents a longer term change ...

Super fund delays successor fund transfer

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... back the date of the merger from 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021, citing COVID-19. AMP also delayed its transfer of corporate client Anglican National Super to the new fund chosen by its board, Mercer, citing COVID-19. A spokesperson for AMP said the ...