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Aussie dividends slump 40%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... "Crucially, the world's banks (which usually pay the largest share of the world's dividends) mostly entered the crisis with healthy balance sheets. Bank dividends may have been restricted by regulators in some parts of the world, but the banking ...

Continuous disclosure laws to stay

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... Josh Frydenberg flagged that the temporary disclosure laws for public companies relaxed at the height of the coronavirus crisis will be made permanent. In May 2020, the government announced the temporary measures, modifying provisions under Corporations ...

Chief economist update: Light at the end of the Euro tunnel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... containment measures, which would in turn affect the timing and strength of the expected recovery. There is also a risk that the crisis could leave deeper scars in the EU's economic and social fabric, notably through widespread bankruptcies and job ...

Evergreen launches stress testing tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... adviser marketplace." The GreenVUE tool will allow advisers to run portfolios through re-simulations of the global financial crisis, the Euro-debt crisis, the US credit rating downgrade, oil shocks and US recession, rising global interest rates, trade ...

Chief economist update: Disappointing jobs results raise Biden's stimulus bid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... (er, celebrate), Joe Biden is here. Yes Virginia, we're back to that familiar refrain borne from the global financial crisis of a decade before - bad news is good news. This is because the weakness in the US labour market only strengthens Joe Biden's ...

Lifecycle products cost members: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... was a 3.3 percentage point gap between the top placed product, and the bottom placed product. Rainmaker said the COVID-19 crisis has added extra pressure with the difference in returns over the 12 months to 30 November 2020 growing to 5.5 percentage ...

Investors unprepared for unexpected events: Study

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... evaluated current risk management priorities and practices, and how real-time information is used in risk management and crisis response. Dataminr chief executive Ted Bailey said the COVID-19 pandemic has made companies aware of their weak spots. "At ...

Bezos steps down at Amazon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... net income increased to US$21.3 billion, up from US$11.6 billion in 2019. Amazon said it has profited from the COVID-19 crisis, telling investors it experienced higher international sales due to government actions and lockdown measures.

Your Future, Your Super on APRA to-do list

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... remuneration, which was a key Royal Commission recommendation that remains outstanding. APRA said it will also work to strengthen crisis preparedness, including the development of a new prudential standard on resolution and recovery planning, considering ...

Billionaires profit from pandemic: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... inequality in their respective countries. The four Australian economists who took part in the survey agreed that the coronavirus crisis would lead to an "increase or major increase" in income inequality. They believe the government didn't have an adequate ...