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Death of dividends greatly exaggerated: Epoch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... attractive yields, it is important not to buy stocks with the highest dividend yields. "A high yield could be the product of a one-time windfall or a collapsing stock price which may not be sustainable," McIntyre said. "To identify dividend streams that ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... Chinese authorities reported on Sunday what could be the beginning of a new wave of coronavirus cases in northeast China, with one city in Jilin province being reclassified as high-risk, the top of a three-tier zoning system," it reads. "Eleven new cases ...

APRA releases fund-level ERS data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... the scheme. The average payment was $7629 and the average processing time being 3.1 days following approval by the ATO. Over one million Australians have requested early access, of which 830,000 were paid. The regulator said 82% of the funds to make ...

Clime courts Madison Financial Group

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... balance sheet and was willing to acquire advice businesses that come up for sale. However, entering retail advice was not one of its plans - perhaps, until Madison came up for sale. "In terms of acquisitions, so far we have built our private wealth business ...

Trust in big four improves

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... lifting five points from negative two to plus three. Similarly, NAB improved four points, ANZ lifted three points and CBA rose one point. However, Westpac ranked 29 th of the 31 banks, with only AMP and Bank of China lagging behind it. NAB, CBA and ANZ ...

Government delays RC implementation timeline

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
The government has deferred the implementation of Royal Commission recommendations by six months. The amended timetable sees measures the government was committed to deliver by June 30 set to arrive by December, and measures scheduled for December now ...

Insurer invokes financial hardship policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
One of Australia's life insurers has taken a range of measures to assist customers who have been negatively affected by the effects of COVID-19. Integrity Life acting chief executive Lesley Mamelok said the firm has invoked a number of measures to help ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... reality minus expectations". Tom Magliozzi's famous five words appear to have made their way to Wall Street. For how else is one to explain the rally on 'the wall' - S&P 500 up 1.7%; DJIA up 1.9%; Nasdaq up 1.6%; Russell 2000 up 3.6% -- on ...

AMP defends hefty remuneration bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... Reforms and the Royal Commission had caused the public to doubt the business' commitment to customers. De Ferrari was at one point asked what the median remediation payout was for customers. He did not answer the question but said AMP had made a ...

FASEA extension to pass next week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... right now it is essential that financial planners are able to provide advice to those who need it. That should be the number one priority." The Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No.3) Bill amends the Corporations Act so that financial advisers will ...