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ISA, ME Bank issued please explain

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... economics committee Tim Wilson called ISA's calculations "dubious" and said he will be looking for an explanation later this week. "Australians trust superannuation funds with significant savings, they hold a fair expectation that funds will provide ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... the pain," Fechner said. "At times like this you may not end up with what looks like the highest yielding portfolio this week or this month, but it's better than a portfolio that may start with a higher yield, but then start falling and disappear shortly ...

Early release applications top $9bn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... Industry fund for tourism and hospitality Hostplus' early release numbers were also creeping towards $1 billion this week. The fund had paid over 140,000 members $970 million as at end of day Tuesday, May 5. With airline workers stood down in droves ...

Advice group research head departs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... superannuation trustee office. An AMP spokesperson confirmed Herold's appointment to Financial Standard earlier this week. In Herold's absence, former Perpetual Private head of investment research Maggie Callinan has been "engaged" to manage ...

Sargon buyers tap former PEXA chief as adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... sale's proceeds. It is understood that the sale price is roughly in the $120 million to $160 million range. OVH earlier this week said the sale is "imminent". Meanwhile Wasserman is understood to be considering what the new the new group structure ...

Madison sale slated for May completion

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... with final bids received last week and an expectation that the receivers' will select a preferred bidder by the end of this week with to progress to exclusivity," OVH said in company filings. OneVue in 2019 sold Diversa and CCSL Trustees business to ...

Risk advisers under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
This week's joint report from ASIC and APRA into life insurance and claims handling found superior consumer outcomes for group life insurance, leading a prolific law firm to suggest risk advisers add little to no value. Maurice Blackburn superannuation ...

Australia versus the world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... reacted positively to the moves by the RBA and government. While it should be noted the IMF forecasts were released this week, they were out together before the JobKeeper announcement, the stimulus package had been announced prior to that. Stephen Miller ...

COVID-19 is not the only factor: deVere

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... into the effects of COVID-19 will come as first-quarter earnings results season gets underway. "We will get an insight this week into how heavy a hammer-blow coronavirus has delivered to corporate America and corporate Europe in the first three months ...

Trading platforms see record use

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... portfolios from the crisis' economic fallout. Investment platform Self Wealth released its quarterly results earlier this week, which revealed an accelerated growth of traders on the platform, to the tune of a 48% increase on the prior quarter. The ...