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Total super assets grow to $3.4tn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... growth over the past year," APRA said. "The government's large fiscal stimulus in response to the onset of the COVID pandemic boosted household savings along with a stronger engagement with financial advice." Member contributions totalled $6.3 billion ...

Pandemic created a new billionaire every 30 hours: Oxfam

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
Billionaire wealth soared during and after the pandemic, with a new billionaire created every 30 hours in 2022, a new Oxfam International brief reveals. According to Oxfam, the total wealth of the world's billionaires is now equivalent to 13.9% of global ...

Australian dividends shatter pre-pandemic records: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
Australian global dividends have completed their pandemic recovery and have eclipsed the previous 12-month record set in September 2019 by $6.7 billion. The latest Janus Henderson global dividend index shows that Australian dividends totalled $97.9 ...

intelliflo announces first head of sales in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... financial advice in Australia." Koch added: "Financial advice has never been more important and all our data shows that the pandemic has dramatically accelerated the adoption of technology by both advisers and their clients." "We are excited by the opportunity ...

RBA outlines next phase of bond purchase program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... decision to now cease the purchases under the program came down to three criteria. Most central banks had already concluded pandemic purchase programs, the Australian bond market had budding pressure points and the RBA had made significant inroads to ...

Risk asset volatility guaranteed: Western Asset

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... "Despite the global challenges, we believe that RMBS are better protected now from falls in house prices than prior to the pandemic," Fleming concluded. Notwithstanding optimism in fixed income opportunities, Western Asset chief investment officer Ken ...

Investors seek inflationary refuge in diversification strategies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... macroeconomic shifts had created a major challenge for policymakers in developed markets. Investors who expected the post-pandemic economic recovery to continue unabated had to alter their expectations as growth slowed and markets turned volatile. Evidence ...

Bolster your retention efforts: Robert Half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... will be a key driver behind whether an employee chooses to remain with an employer - perhaps more so this year than pre-pandemic - because inflation is high, yet national wage growth is low, so employees who remain with a company without a pay increase ...

CEW push for more women leaders

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
In one of the largest industry events since the pandemic began, more than 1300 guests, including financial services heavyweights, gathered at the International Convention Centre in Sydney this week for the annual Chief Executive Women (CEW) fundraiser. ...

US inflation wavers near a 40-year high

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
... "I'm taking inflation very seriously and it's my top domestic priority," Biden said. The president went on to blame the pandemic and the war in Ukraine for the historical inflation being incurred in countries all over the world. Likewise, the Federal ...