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JobKeeper, JobSeeker to be extended

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... "Over 900,000 Australians being paid more on JobKeeper than they were before from a single employer," Morrison said. "The scope of that needs to be diminished." The Prime Minister stressed that the JobKeeper and JobSeeker schemes were never meant to ...

Australia lagging on robo-advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... customers - have led the way for robo offerings locally, ensuring hope for budding robo providers. "There is significant scope for growth with 38% of Australian online investors considering using robo-advice in the future," Peker said. "The recent launch ...

AMP Capital names new chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... executive of AMP Capital and to be entrusted with the task of leading its continued growth," Pahari said. "We have substantial scope to expand globally, further leveraging our strengths, particularly in infrastructure and real assets. "I'm firmly ...

Australia only needs 15 super funds: Consultant

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... "It's hard to have a serious debate about efficiency in the superannuation industry if you don't include in your scope the 50% of it held in retail super and SMSFs," Dunnin said. "There's a lot more to scale than just funds size. Yes there ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... a bear market, we've actually started a new cycle - and credit spreads have widened so that naturally increases the scope for them to come down, notwithstanding some defaults that can come through," he said. Central banks have so far propped up investment ...

Chief economist update: Powell blamed for fall on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... already what former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld would call "known knowns" and "known unknowns". "The scope and speed of this downturn are without modern precedent, significantly worse than any recession since World War II. We are ...

IFM cuts carbon footprint from Aussie infra assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... analysis. IFM says these assets account for 2% of the portfolio by value for the period. IFM calculated its carbon footprint (scope 1 and 2 emissions) from the 13 assets based on its equity stake. Ausgrid is the biggest contributor to IFM's carbon footprint ...

Fundamentals return to the forefront in EM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... maintained a neutral view on sovereign credit and believe that valuations appear attractive on a historic basis, giving scope for possible improvement as clarity surrounding recovery improves. "We upgraded corporate credit to a moderate overweight. While ...

MySuper bounces back

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... 8.8%, and the positive performance of AREITS, which posted 13.7%. The new findings come after the researcher widened the scope of its analysis, with March data showing returns for 15 of the nation's leading not-for-profit super funds were not nearly ...

Adviser fears over ASIC relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... release of super. As part of this, ASIC issued a temporary no-action position for superannuation trustees to expand the scope of personal advice that can be provided under intra-fund advice. The other key measure sees the requirement for advisers to ...