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Australians without advice struggle in pandemic: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... advice, as the mental and financial wellbeing of Australia's unadvised population suffers from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Fidelity International's latest Pulse Survey, which gauged the mental and financial wellbeing of 200 advised and 220 unadvised ...

Capital raisings, trading volumes up in June

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... raisings by ASX-listed companies increased 256% to nearly $26 billion during June, as they cashed up to weather the economic crisis. The ASX's monthly activity report for June revealed initial capital was up 815% at $16.5 billion compared to the same ...

Banks throw Australians a second lifeline

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... time, consolidating debt, or a combination of these methods. Over 800,000 loans have been deferred during the COVID-19 crisis. "This next phase of bank support will avoid a 'cliff' for customers in September and give them the breathing space they need ...

Private equity weathers COVID-19 crisis: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... consultant Willis Towers Watson has found that private equity investments have weathered the impact of the COVID-19 financial crisis, despite a subdued environment for exit deals in the first half of the year. In a survey of 36 private equity funds with ...

Balanced options in the red, but only just

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... return in 20 years, and the first negative benchmark return since the GFC, Dunnin said. Despite the COVID-19 financial crisis savagely impacting fund returns in February and March, the index is effectively back to where it was just 12 months ago, he ...

Experts battle for GST reform

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Australia's state and territory governments, PwC said. Yet, Gross argues that a GST holiday would be a progressive answer to the crisis, encouraging even the poorest households to consider buying future purchases in the present. "Calculations by Peter ...

Rio Tinto decision exposes limits of super engagement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Tinto's leadership has demonstrated zero accountability for their vandalism of Juukan Gorge and continues to roll from crisis to crisis. Investors should be circling in on those responsible for this litany of poor decision making." AustralianSuper ...

Advisers switch platforms amid pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Investment Trends found that 77% of advisers were generally satisfied with the support provided by platforms during the COVID-19 crisis. However, 23% of those surveyed said they were dissatisfied, demonstrating there is still room for improvement. Nonetheless ...

ANZ accused of paying hush money on BBSW scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... keeping certain incriminating facts from the public. "The hollow men of ANZ were engaged in virtue signalling during a crisis of their own making," Alexiou said. Levitt Robinson said the case will be a test of the new whistleblower protections brought ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... highest level of Factset's (1990), surpassing the 80.86 registered during the Great Recession and Global Financial Crisis of 2008. It was the best of times... Fast forward three months and every single index has rallied into a bull market at the ...