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Chief economist update: Comeback COVID

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
"One, two, Freddy's coming for you Three, four, better lock your door Five, six, grab a crucifix Seven, eight, ya better stay awake Nine, ten, he's back again." Just replace "Freddy" with "COVID" and this Nightmare on Elm Street remake of the ...

ESG crisis returns overcooked: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... billion) at the close of the first quarter to $17.7 billion (US$12.6 billion). At the end of June, sustainable assets recorded one of their highest levels, only outpaced by their peak at December 2019.

AIST calls for top-ups for low-income ERS recipients

ANNABELLE DICKSON, KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... did not have an estimate of the cost to budget of the top ups, but said it would be several billion dollars. It's just one of several recommendations AIST has made in its supplementary submission ahead of the 2020/21 budget to prevent the long-term ...

Zurich rejigs operations team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... outcomes both now and into the future," he said. "These appointments reflect the career aspirations of our team members, which is one of our ambitions as an employer-of-choice." Zurich completed its acquisition of ANZ's life insurance business OnePath ...

Chief economist update: Gone fishing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... accounting for inflation, that's practically free money. But as the Chair of the Economics Committee Tim Wilson asked: "Is one of the core reasons we have been able to cushion the economic impact that we have had fiscal space to do so because there ...

Retail investors surpass one million

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
The retail investor population has surged 41% since the beginning of the year, with now more than one million punters trying to profit from recent market volatility. In Investment Trends 2020 1H Online Investing Report, the research house found the ...

Presidents don't move markets much: S&P

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... investors priced-in the anticipated impact of the election winner's policies on different market segments," Preston said. One recent example of this, Preston said, could be found in the data from the 2016 election where the best-performing sector was ...

ASIC takes action against RI Advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... its action is in response to a number of alleged cyber security breaches through authorised representatives of RI Advice. One of those alleged incidents was at Frontier Financial Group, a trustee for the Frontier Trust, from December 2017 to May 2018. ...

ASIC takes action against BTFM, Asgard, StatePlus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... administration fees. The same goes for IDPS statements issued by Asgard. The fees were charged on eight different products, one being the IDPS product issued by Asgard and seven super products for which BT was trustee and Asgard served as custodian and ...

Dealer group eyes aggressive expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
Centrepoint Alliance has reported its annual revenue grew 11% as it plots an aggressive growth plan. Centrepoint said its plans for growth are to "aggressively pursue inorganic opportunities". The dealer group said 79 new financial advisers had joined ...