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No slowing ERS applications

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
Around 177,000 applications for the Early Release of Super scheme were received in the week ending May 31, as the total approaches two million. Since the inception of the scheme in mid-April, payments that have been made to eligible members have taken ...

Life insurance activity rises: MetLife

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
Australians are taking a more active interest in their insurance and superannuation, as the impact of COVID-19 on personal finances continues to be felt, according to MetLife. The new research from MetLife found one in four Australians, or 28%, have ...

Chief economist update: US labour market turns V-shaped

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... labour market. The risk is that the current civil unrest, and the danger that it poses with regards to spreading the coronavirus, could force authorities to re-enforce social distancing and lockdown restrictions anew. Then again, the Fed and the White ...

Sustainable dividend stocks offer yield opportunities: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
Sustainable dividend stocks may offer equity exposure and yield with some insulation from price fluctuations, according to QS Investors. In its latest investment insight note, QS Investors, a Legg Mason affiliate, said it is critical to consider valuations ...

Chief economist update: The ECB's PEPP economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... of €1,350 billion, extended the duration of the program by six months to June 2021 - or "until it judges that the coronavirus crisis phase is over" - and maturing principal repayments on securities purchased under PEPP re-invested until at least the ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession - the next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Technically, we're not there yet but Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg opted not for a stay of execution and acknowledged that Australia's 29-year recession-free run is over. "Well, the answer to that is yes. And that is on the basis of the ...

Charities call for further stimulus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
Charities have called on the government to plan for a gradual transition of its stimulatory payments so as to avoid the loss of more than 200,000 jobs in the sector. New research from Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and the Centre for Social Impact ...

Raiz Super bleeds red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
Raiz Invest's super offering lost a further $2 million during the month of May, with Australians taking advantage of the government's early release scheme to preemptively access their retirement savings. Over the last three months, funds under management ...

GDP figures reveal start of COVID-19 impact

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
The Australian Gross Domestic Product fell 0.3%, seasonally adjusted, in the March quarter and growth slowed to 1.4% through the year, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ABS chief economist Bruce Hockman said this ...

Stop guessing games: AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
The AMP Capital Global Companies Fund returned 91.8% net of fees in the three years to 31 March 2020, and its managers say the key is to not get caught in guessing games. Over the same three-year period global equity markets returned 30.3%. On an annualised ...