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Equity Trustees confirms AET acquisition

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... Schwartz added EQT has now delivered higher dividends in five of the last six years, after maintaining the dividend in the 2020 Covid-impacted year.

Capital raisings remain possible: MinterEllison

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... years for the IPO market to rebound after the GFC. Even in March 2020, following the initial market dislocation caused by COVID-19, we were all tearing up our IPO pipelines and shutting up shop for the year," she said. "Yet once governments had acted ...

Moody's RMS appoints regional managing director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... fire, earthquake, and typhoon, continue to wreak havoc on the Asia Pacific region. Following the devastating effects of the COVID-19 outbreak as well as chronic supply-chain disruptions, heightened cyber-attacks, social and economic inflation, and global ...

LOGOS partners with global logistics provider

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... operators look to diversify their bases in response to distribution challenges and structural trends accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. "We have the unique opportunity at MLP to significantly reduce freight vehicle movements across Sydney and the ...

China records historic trade surplus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... ASEAN and the European Union. According to Barclays, this result demonstrates that the disruptions from China's recent Covid restrictions are relatively minute. Barclays said: "By product, exports were led by rising shipments of mechanical and electrical ...

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... may follow. Robust portfolio So what is QIC's investment chief buying in an environment characterised by the impact of COVID-19, geopolitical tensions from the Ukraine war, inflation and climbing interest rates? In this environment, diversifying ...

Aussies pay the price for early release of super: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
The government's COVID-19 early release of superannuation (ERS) scheme saw the closure or near emptying of almost one million member accounts, largely held by women, single parents and the unemployed. A new analysis by the Association of Superannuation ...

Commonwealth Bank profit nears $10bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... decreased to $5.3 billion from $6.2 billion in FY21, reflecting sound portfolio credit quality and the reduced level of COVID-19 overlays. The full-year dividend was supported by the bank's continued capital and balance sheet strength. The final ...

Berkshire posts $53bn investment loss

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... Hathaway also suffered a net earnings (loss) attributable to shareholders of US$43.8 billion. The company explained that Covid continues to affect its operating businesses. Despite significant government and private sector actions to control the spread ...

APRA releases annual corporate plan

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... ongoing resilience through the delivery of core supervisory activities, with heightened vigilance on flow-through effects from Covid, geopolitical tensions, rising inflation and increasing interest rates. Embed key prudential reforms including "unquestionably ...