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COVID-19 deepens life insurer losses

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... substantial collapse in investment revenue owing to the COVID-19 related volatility in investment markets. "This was somewhat offset by the release of reserves, which fell by 78.1% in the 12 months to March 2020." Risk products reported a combined net ...

Collapse of REITs spells opportunity: SG Hiscock

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... be some differences," Berry said. "Counterbalancing this is that the continued push for lower work space ratios will be offset by social distancing requirements." However - he argues the idea of the 'office' will not disappear completely. "The office ...

The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... market sell-off earlier in the year had mechanically pushed up expected equity returns, but this repricing has been partly offset by a deteriorating earnings outlook," the Institute said. "We see significantly reduced earnings per share this year before ...

House prices expected to tumble

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... likely to take their toll on the property market. However, it was noted that the gains accumulated before the pandemic will offset the decline in prices expected in the second half. Nationally, prices could end 6% higher, with Sydney up as much as 9% ...

Active versus passive: The debate continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... have the right assets at the right time." Kase said that despite an active approach having higher fees, this should be offset if a manger has undertaken proper fundamental credit research. "Leading into COVID-19, those active managers who had undertaken ...

Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Forget Australia's simmering political and trade tension with China, there's one building right inside our very borders. Canberra's worried that Beijing's ban on beef imports, increased tariff on barley could extend to boycott of Australia's ...

Australia approaches fiscal cliff: UBS

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... package had also made surprising headways in keeping Australians in jobs, it said, helping the fall in employment to be offset by a fall in the participation rate. "There are also > 1.6mn people on JobSeeker (unemployment benefits), lifting by ~1mn since ...

Road to recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
While it is clear it will take some time for the world to return to what it once was, the focus is now on recovery and what the post-pandemic world will look like. Kyle Loades, chair of the Australian Transformation and Turnaround Association (AusTTA) ...

Macquarie advice shift offers mixed results

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... platforms. While the funds on Macquarie's platforms dropped by 8% due to market movements, the firm said those results were offset by net sales of 3%. Additionally, independent financial adviser sales increased by 35% compared to the year before ...

ME Bank saga could impact super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... people thought they had a very vanilla, ordinary lending feature." That said, Robertson prefers to see his clients have offset accounts. Where a redraw balance means that as you pay down your loan the bank allows you to draw a portion of that back out ...