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ClearView restructures pricing as life sector struggles

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... Trauma cover amounts. Across its stepped and hybrid income protection products the firm will has increased benefit period for one, two and five years and accident-only cover by 10%, while also increasing benefit periods to age 60, 65 and 70 by 35%. Additionally ...

Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... economies, markets and lives - but when you look at it from a market perspective, it's important to recognise it's a one off," he said. "It's going to be bad for earnings and the economy, especially last quarter, this quarter and probably ...

REITs resilient in face of virus: Principal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... Bank of Australia makes A-REIT yields even more attractive. "A-REITS now yield about 5% - a lot better than the less than one per cent yield of a 10 year bond. And REITs are still seen as a defensive investment in volatile times," she said. "That's ...

Bridges acquires bank advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... ours," Ryan said. "At Bridges, we believe financial advice makes a difference and we are delighted to be able to work with one of Australia's largest member-owned banks to give more IMB customers the opportunity to access comprehensive financial advice," ...

Pension fund chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
The chief executive of one of the United States' largest pension funds is set to retire after 18 years in the top job. Jack Ehnes, chief executive of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has announced his will retire later this ...

APRA names new executive director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... "I'd also like to acknowledge and thank Heidi Richards for her significant contribution as acting Executive director during one of the busiest and most demanding periods APRA has experienced in many years. Roberts is set to step into the role effective ...

ScoMo launches $17b stimulus package

ALLY SELBY, ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... stimulus package will directly support up to 6.5 million individuals and 3.5 million businesses. Pensioners will receive a one-off $750 stimulus payment, which will be tax-free and will not count as income for social security, farm household allowance ...

Stopping SG is nuclear response to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... losses are likely to be far more muted than the headline-grabbing share market plunges seen on the evening news," ISA said. "No one can predict the future, but as with previous downturns the market will rebound and because super is a long-term investment ...

Advisers too time-poor for cash management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... Australians use multiple bank accounts across different institutions. "Gone are the days when I just had all my bank accounts with one bank, and had everything in one spot," McArdle said. "Most people today have got kind of a scattering of bank accounts ...

Why Vanguard won't do gold ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
Australia's largest ETF issuer is wary of adding a gold ETF to its 20-strong lineup, even though one of them cracked $1 billion in assets last year. Vanguard has $20.6 billion and 29 ETFs in Australia, 26 of which are passive strategies and three ...