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Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... pandemic was "far from over". "Since Monday, New South Wales has recorded nine new cases, and Queensland and Western Australia have both confirmed one new case each." No prizes for guessing, but if this trend continues (after the relaxation of lockdown ...

Euroz, Hartleys to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
Euroz and Hartleys have made public plans to merge operations, creating a financial services powerhouse in Western Australia. Announced today, the two firms are set to join forces with Euroz issuing up to 33 million shares at a price of $0.915 each ...

Chief economist update: Australian Renaissance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... measures. However, given Australian states' cautious and softly-softly approach to re-opening (in fact, Western Australia still refuses to reopen its borders), the likelihood of a second wave - although still probable- are likely to be promptly contained ...

Industry fund drops Rio Tinto amid sacred site outcry

HARRISON WORLEY, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... the central Pilbara dating back 15,000 years. The Guardian reported that BHP's plans were approved by the Western Australia government just three days after Rio Tinto blasted the Juukan Gorge site and that the company's rolling back of its plans ...

Industry funds continue risk-adjusted domination

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Industry superannuation funds have continued to dominate Rainmaker's league tables for risk-adjusted MySuper returns, despite an ethical retail fund muscling its way into the top 10. Industry super funds took all but one of the top 10 positions ...

Regal Atlantic fund up 12.5% in May, down 61.65% YTD

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... producer Red 5, which rose 42% in the month as it completed a $125 million capital raise to develop a new site in Western Australia and mineral sands miner Base Resources which was up 31% in the month. "Key detractors to performance this month were primarily ...

Housing affordability improves

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... in Queensland, South Australia, the ACT, and the Northern Territory respectively. In Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia housing affordability declined, with buyers needing to dedicate a further 2.9%, 0.4% and 0.2% of their incomes respectively ...

ASIC cancels two AFSLs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licenses of Western Australia-based, Personal Risk Management and Melbourne-based Australian Golden Securities ASIC said Personal Risk's cancellation took effect on 21 May 2020, after the company ...

Count Financial makes growth-focused hire

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... years with Affinia Financial Advisers as a key account manager responsible for the states of Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and South Australia. Prior to this he worked at CBA as a practice development manager, previously having spent more than ...

Industry flocks to JobKeeper handouts

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... insurance services businesses have applied for JobKeeper payments for their employees. This is followed by 1342 in Western Australia, 888 in South Australia, 131 in Tasmania, 140 in ACT and 44 in Northern Territory. While the total of 13,493 applications ...