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Pinnacle adds new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... currently available as an SMA with plans for a UCITs fund in near future. "We are not going to allocate capital to industries with negative social utility such as coal, gambling, tobacco and defence equipment makers. "Pursuing an active engagement agenda ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... see a material increase in defaults in the high yield market, especially in the energy sector and some other cyclical industries," he said. "Whilst the high yield market has incorporated these increased default expectations, prices appear to have fallen ...

More super funds will merge: QMV

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... funds that are going to be hit hardest by the fallout of COVID-19. He identified them as funds that are specific to the industries and sectors that have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions - for example travel, airlines or hospitality. ...

Local financial sector to lose $3.5bn plus

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... mining, construction, professional services, banking and finance. "The next hardest hits are big mostly because these industries are big," he said. "Mining is still open, but its incomes are set to fall $5 billion short in the next few months. It is ...

Members begin to turn on industry funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... withdrawal option over the next six months," Levine said. "Industry funds based on employees in hospitality and retail industries are particularly exposed to this policy as many of their workers have been stood down in recent weeks as Australia fights ...

Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... turnover doubled for products such as toilet and tissue paper, and rice and pasta...sales were also strong in retail industries selling items related to home offices". This is the strongest monthly jump in retail sales on record that even eclipsed the ...

Millions jobless within weeks: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... Australians and women are also likely to be hit harder, because they are more likely to be employed in the occupations and industries most affected by the response to COVID-19. Ultimately, the institute believes the impact of the crisis on employment ...

Recruitment, salaries slide in financial services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... Confidence Index research, also finding a slide in salaries due to COVID-19 the government's action in shutting down industries. A poll of Australian LinkedIn users found that 36% had experienced a drop in wages or salaries and that 52% have reduced ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... hard to avoid when you look at the Centrelink queues," Morrison said in late March. As the government shut down entire industries in its attempt to slow the spread of the virus, demand for JobSeeker (a rebrand of Newstart) unemployment benefits was so ...

COVID-19 is not the only factor: deVere

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... come because it has, in many respects, fundamentally changed how we do business." Green said it is likely that new industries will emerge, some existing sectors will rebound strongly while others decline. He said investors need to be focusing on other ...