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Chief economist update: Easing restrictions narrow oil demand-supply equation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... plummeted to a 34-year low of US$9.12/barrel. Sinking oil prices came despite the belated agreement (around mid-April) by OPEC plus to chop 9.7 million barrels per day - equivalent to 10% of global supply - in May and June. But with planes, trains and ...

Retirees hurt by APRA dividend pressure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... by having a rights issue to effectively fund the dividend, the shareholders are better off because they get some cash now, plus a franking credit refund later in the year," Middleton said. "Additionally, bank share prices tend to recover quite quickly ...

Trust in big four improves

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... highest score a bank received was 23. Westpac was the biggest improver of the bunch, 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 ...

How early release impacts the ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... making asset allocation decisions, she said. But who could have planned for a global pandemic? "The unexpected COVID-19 crisis plus the government's announcement of ERS have severely affected this liquidity planning process and caused many smaller funds ...

Adviser salaries in 2020 revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... which will need to adjust their expectations. "Majority of bank financial advisers have been earning over $130,000 packages plus bonus, with some advisers earning north of $145,000 package plus bonus... Given the current environment, financial advisers ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... yield curve. The Fed's pause in early 2019 and three interest rate reductions later - in July, September and October - plus the "first phase deal" between the US and China - turned the yield curve positive around October of that year and continued ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... world to be going out and investing in high yield - and I'm a bond guy." Despite high yield traditionally being an added plus for the diversified portfolio, Mason Stevens chief executive and investment officer Vincent Hua believes that now is not ...

Adviser fears over ASIC relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... do prior to the meeting, within the meeting and then post-meeting... If I'm charging myself out of several hundred dollars-plus, that's not a very long meeting," he says. TWD director Cara Graham agrees, saying even with the temporary measures advisers ...

Local financial sector to lose $3.5bn plus

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
COVID-19 will shave off more than $3.5 billion from the banking and finance industry in lost wages and profits in the four months to July, according to Deloitte Access Economics. Deloitte Access Economics Partners partner Chris Richardson estimates ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... Income, Milton Corporation MLT, Mirrabooka MIR, Spheria Australian Smaller Companies, The Montgomery Fund, Tribeca Alpha Plus.