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Investor expectations pie in the sky: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Australian investors have unrealistic investment return expectations in relation to their portfolio construction and need to adopt a different strategy to achieve expected returns, according to a new survey from Schroders. The Schroders Global Investor ...

La Trobe launches new loan suite

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
Diversified wealth manager La Trobe Financial has launched a suite of a new loan products, which it says will help better meet shifting consumer needs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. La Trobe has launched three new products: an Everyday Heroes ...

Industry funds triumph July performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
UniSuper and AustralianSuper have come out on top of the leaderboard for personal and workplace superannuation over the longer term but couldn't keep up in the last 12 months, according to the latest figures from Rainmaker Information. UniSuper's default ...

Industry fund underpaid SG to staff

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
There's an unlikely user of the government's current amnesty for employers who underpaid SG - a Sydney superannuation fund, which is currently reimbursing shortfalls to staff. Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund underpaid ...

Financial Standard launches FS Sustainability

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Financial services ESG publication The Sustainability Report has been relaunched as FS Sustainability today. FS Sustainability will aim to provide expert analysis and in-depth news on a variety of ESG issues and how ESG factors are integrated into investment ...

Investors will be forced into equities: DeepData Analytics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Retail investors will be forced further into investing in equities as the hunt for yield continues, despite having felt the hard lessons from this year's market volatility, according to founder and chief executive of DeepData Analytics Mathan Somasundaram. ...

Chief economist update: AUD on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Financial markets view the A$ as a risk currency - it's sold off in times of heightened uncertainty - and has a high growth beta - only bought in times of global prosperity. So Virginia, how do we explain the rise and rise of the Australian dollar ...

Dividends ripe for the picking

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Australian equities are set to continue to provide dividend income for retirees more so than safe haven assets, according to a retirement income specialist. Plato Investment Management managing director Don Hamson said despite the hearsay that dividends ...

Argo Infrastructure posts $9.3m loss, but increases dividends

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
The ASX-listed infrastructure investment company has increased its fully franked dividends for the full year, despite reporting a loss of $9.3 million. Argo Global Listed Infrastructure said the multi-million dollar loss was a result of a downward revaluation ...

Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
The perfect storm of government stimulus and a new breed of retail traders with little investing know-how are resuscitating the share market, but for how long? According to Julia Lee, founder and chief investment officer of Burman Invest, numerous factors ...