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Zurich pledges to COVID-19 support

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... programs, plus an additional $1 million donated by its foundation to various charities in the wake of the Australian bushfires earlier this year. This wave of funding will be allocated to charities associated with mental and physical wellness, homeless ...

Australian ETF market shows strength

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... responsible investing has become the most popular investing theme, growing 73%, due to increasing awareness after the bushfires and COVID-19. Precious metals ETFs including palladium and gold were the best performers, up 90% and 43% respectively, helping ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... turning out well for Australia. Less than five months into the year and it has gone from devastation wrought by the bushfires, the lockdown forced on society by the coronavirus and, just in, a brewing trade war with China - its biggest trading partner. ...

Chief economist update: No cheers as RBA hits inflation target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... vegetables rising by 6.0% over the three-month period and the cost of meat and seafood up by 2.0% over the quarter - as "Bushfires increased transport costs for some fresh produce and strong export demand combined with falling supply resulted in further ...

ASIC urges insurance flexibility

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... changing situation they are facing." ASIC recognised that some insurers introduced flexible options in response to the bushfires of summer 2019-20, and said a similar approach is important again now. "We expect insurers to try to find workable options ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... super comparison tool increased by 365% compared to the preceding six months. January of this year, with Australia's bushfires at the front of the public's mind, saw four times the average traffic to the super comparison tool. "We've also ...

Chief economist update: Great Scott! Mighty Mo to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... anymore. The coronavirus has forced Morrison to make good on the statement he made even before the last embers of the bushfires were extinguished: "The surplus is of no focus for me whatsoever. What matters to me is the human cost and meeting whatever ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... couldn't spend on and if they could, there's nothing to buy because of disruptions to the supply chain. The drought and bushfires already raised the likelihood of a negative first quarter 2020 for Australian GDP, the coronavirus guarantees a ...

Former ANZ Wealth investment chief exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... "corporate leadership in a vacuum" and linked the cuts to economic instability being felt from coronavirus and the recent bushfires. The FSU labeled the move as short sighted and self-serving.

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... action from their superannuation funds, financial adviser Dave Rae pointed out. After Australia's horror summer of bushfires and flooding rains, Rae has seen an increase in clients asking about climate change risks. "A number of clients who previously ...