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Morningstar's conviction weakened on BlackRock fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... assets grow these positions in less mature businesses might be difficult to take advantage of. "The portfolio suffered a sharp drawdown in February-March 2020 but has rebounded very strongly, appreciating nearly 50%," she said. "We like the focus on ...

Insurers must shape up on mental health: TAL

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... initiatives," TAL Group chief executive Brett Clark said. "The importance of maintaining mental health has been brought into sharp focus over the last year, as evidenced by the Australian government's additional investment in and support for the mental ...

Chief economist update: China's vote for US president

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
A new POTUS or four more years with the old one? America remains on knife-edge as the November 3 US presidential elections show that President Donald Trump and contender Joe Biden still have to secure the 270 electoral votes to claim the Oval Office. ...

More good news for Xplore

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... and did not disclose that to clients when recommending the platform's products to clients. Xplore executive director Don Sharp was chair of the company until February 2019 and is one of the largest shareholders in the company.

Westpac profits down on AUSTRAC fine

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... disappointing. "Our earnings have been significantly impacted by higher impairment charges, increased notable items and the sharp decline in economic activity. At the same time, we have incurred higher expenses due to increased resourcing to handle unprecedented ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The US has reversed its biggest economic contraction in history with the sharpest recovery on record. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the country's GDP increased at annualised rate of 33.1% in the September 2020 quarter following ...

Chief economist update: A V, a W and an L

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... it's the fourth straight month of expansion in private sector activity and the highest level since February 2019 - a sharp improvement from the 27.0 reading recorded only six months ago (April). The manufacturing sector activity inched up to 53.3 ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... deaths (0.2 million) in the world, the S&P 500 index has risen by 6.3% this year to date - miles ahead compared with the sharp losses of 15.1% in the Euro Stoxx-50 index and 23.4% in the FTSE-100, or even the Nikkei-225's almost flat (-0.1%) performance. ...

Chief economist update: Middle Kingdom on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... the year to the September quarter, strengthening from the June quarter's growth of 3.2% which itself, represented a sharp recovery from the 6.8% contraction recorded in the March 2020 quarter. Sure, China's third quarter growth was less than ...

Sydney boutique sharpens focus on HNWs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
A Sydney real estate fund manager has established a private wealth division, as it sees opportunities to snap up new assets for syndicates of wealthy investors. EG currently manages about $3.2 billion in property assets, for investors that are mostly ...