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The rate that stops the nation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... unlikely to have much of an impact on the economy," Cooke said. "However, our experts seem to think that the RBA is in 'every little bit helps' mode. "The Reserve Bank said earlier in the year that it was considering 0.25% as an effective rock-bottom ...

BT changes adviser fee structure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... enabled it. "This also applies to all Advance and BT Wholesale Funds (including BT Index Funds), where we have seen very little take up of ongoing advice fees." Additionally, Greenhalgh said, BT has introduced the ability to establish one-off advice ...

Wages will not rise from SG cut: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... claimed many employment contracts were already locked in place when the SG freeze was announced, and most employers saw little need to renegotiate them to pass on the lost super as higher wages. ISA said in agreements certified after the super rate was ...

Ares bids for AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... dance to settle on a price around $1.80-$2.20," he said. Somasundaram said the Ares bid is "opportunistic" but AMP has little choice but to sell out. "AMP has had a volatile path since listing nearly 20 years ago. The brand damage has been extensive ...

Magellan's largest client asked to review costs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... review is low. "After reading the letter we remain comfortable with MFG's FuM sourced from SJP with PrimeStone having little concern over SJP's business model (including the use of external active managers) nor the performance and costs of external ...

Chief economist update: The recession is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... tell, the growth elsewhere in the country was more than the drag from Victoria, and possibly the drag from Victoria was a little less than what we guessed back in August," the deputy governor reasoned. The eased restrictions among all states with the ...

Gender doesn't influence company returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... occupied by women having increased from 9.6% of the total director pool in 2005 to 33.1% at 30 June 2020. "There has been little progress in women's representation as executive directors (typically chief executives and chief financial officers) who also ...

Magellan chief backs health startup

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... funds. "I've invested my own money for some time as well...So I've got a range of stocks and I've got to be a little careful in that because obviously conflicts start to creep in. So a lot of what I have been doing recently is back into the ...

Chief economist update: Lowe taking interest rates lower

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... in November. "When the pandemic was at its worst and there were severe restrictions on activity we judged that there was little to be gained from further monetary easing. The solutions to the problems the country faced lay elsewhere. As the economy opens ...

Through good and bad: Advisers add value

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... found 67% didn't know how their funds were invested or relied on the default option, investing with an asset allocation of little to no relevance to their personal circumstances. "Advisers provide important access to funds and strategies a client may ...