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ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
Sustainable companies are performing better and responsible investment funds are largely continuing to outperform the general market, according to a new report from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). The report, COVID-19 and ...

Chief economist update: Premature easing will cost more lives, more rupiahs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
It was one of the first movers in the fight against containing the spread of infection from the coronavirus pandemic. On March 24, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered one of the strictest lockdowns of any country in the world, warning that ...

FASEA provides CPD relief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... ask for many. Advisers will be required to complete 40 hours of CPD in 12 months in future CPD years and may not double count hours across the years. "FASEA will consult on a legislative instrument amendment to give effect to this extension," FASEA said ...

Chief economist update: Still the best and better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
Victorian supermarkets - Woolworths and Coles - have re-introduced buying limits in their stores as hoarders and panic-buyers returned, raiding shelves of toilet paper, paper towel, hand sanitiser, rice, pasta, flour, sugar and the like following reports ...

Super funds face fresh data requirements

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
The prudential regulator will request additional data from the country's super funds, in a bid to understand the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry. The COVID-19 Pandemic Data Collection (PDC) will enable the regulator to conduct an ...

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 ...

Chief economist update: Japan on the mend but BOJ, Abe not taking any chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's lifting of the state of emergency in the country on May 25 has been rewarded with encouraging indications of recovery in the economy. This is highlighted by the improvement in the au Jibun Bank Japan PMI surveys. ...

HLB appoints chair

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
HLB International has appointed the managing partner of its Brisbane based accounting and advisory firm as chair of its Asia Pacific operations, effective immediately. James Henderson will serve in the role over the coming three years, and is set to ...

Marianne Perkovic to depart CBA

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... management arm during the Royal Commission. During her testimony, she admitted the bank's financial advice subsidiary, Count Financial (now a subsidiary of Countplus), had charged ongoing service fees to deceased clients. Perkovic has spent nearly ...

Another billion removed from super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
Australian super funds continue to make payments to members under the government's Early Release of Super scheme, with the total amount paid now at $15.9 billion. In the week to June 14, funds reported a further $1.3 billion was paid to members ...