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Superhero sets eyes on managed accounts

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... that Superhero has helped commoditise the trading arena, following in the footsteps of significant players in the United States. "It's very hard to justify a stockbroker charging 1% to put a trade through (execution only without advice) when we can ...

Frydenberg focusses on jobs, jobs, jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... economic response to COVID-19 was the most expensive item in the budget at $88.4 billion followed by revenue assistance to states and territories at $61 billion and then two social security measures - income support for seniors was estimated at $53.5 ...

Funding for housing to decrease

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... 2021-22. Housing rents also experienced a record sharp decline, driven by weak demand and eviction moratoriums in a number of states and territories.

Government declares record deficit, super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... net debt as a share of the economy will peak at half of that in the United Kingdom, around a third of that in the United States and around a quarter of that in Japan today." Laying out the Morrison government's economic recovery plan, Frydenberg ...

GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... Accenture, Coca-Cola, Oracle, Johnson & Johnson, Facebook and Medtronic. Geographically, 83% of its holdings are from United States, followed by 4.1% in United Kingdom, 3.6% in Switzerland, 3.5% in Germany and 2.8% in Taiwan. The biggest sectors were ...

ASIC wealth director nabs promotion

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... financial advisers division previous. In her previous role, Bird led and managed a team of 60 people across several Australian states, responsible for all aspects of regulation of the financial advice industry in Australia. Prior to her tenure with ASIC ...

Chief economist update: October rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... the outcomes in the economy". The falling number of cases in Victoria and the opening of border restrictions among some states suggest that Australia is past its worst and therefore, the RBA doesn't need to rush into action or spend ammunition than ...

Finance job ads perk up

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... Kendra Banks said there are currently three distinct rates of recovery emerging across Australia. "The first group are the states that have fully rebounded or have job ad rates comparable to pre-COVID levels - this includes Western Australia, South Australia ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... Australia Fair." It wasn't supposed to go this way. Given the re-imposition of lockdown in Melbourne and most Australian states "closed border" policy, financial markets and economists were correct in expecting further deterioration in the domestic ...

CalPERS scrutinises CIO personal investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... officers to sell personal investments that could potentially give rise to a conflict under the Political Reform Act. The law states that a public official can also place such assets into a "qualified blind trust" whereby control of the trust is given ...