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Australian recovery has been outstanding: La Trobe Financial

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
Attendees of the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum in Sydney have been reassured that Australia's economic recovery has not just been good - it's been very good. That's according to La Trobe Financial chief investment officer and ...

Charter Hall bleeds profits, appoints director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
The property investment group's profits are down 44.7% despite a steady increase in funds under management (FUM), according to its half-year results. Statutory profit plummeted to $173.2 million from $313.2 million in the 12 months prior and EBITDA ...

Chief economist update: Red metal turning red hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
The latest GDP growth updates show that the world's major economies remain in contraction (in year-on-year terms) at the end of 2020 and despite the roll-out of vaccines, the COVID-19 pandemic (and now its variants) remain with us, triggering stop-and-go ...

Chief economist update: Nikkei not so fine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
"Oh Nikkei, you're so fine You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Nikkei..." My apologies to Toni Basil for re-wording the lyrics to her 1981 hit "Mickey", but anyone watching the rise and rise of the Nikkei-225 index will understand. The Japanese ...

Risk inflows stay flat

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
Risk premium inflows experienced marginal decreases in the 12 months to September 2020, new research shows. The latest data from Plan For Life showed inflows decrease by 0.4% with the largest falls from BT/Westpac (-20.8%) and AIA (-10.1%). These were ...

Arowana winds up LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021
The Arowana Contrarian Value Fund (CVF) is in the process of winding up and delisting from the ASX after a period of underperformance. The listed investment vehicle flagged in April 2020 that it was "engaging in a detailed strategic review" because ...

Key AMP executive resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... former subsidiary MLC. Bourguignon spent over nine years at NAB, her most recent roles there oversaw corporate super, and led Plum Financial Services and MLC group insurance. When AMP announced the restructure of its business units in October 2019, combining ...

New AMP Australia chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... 2019. Prior to that, he led the corporate and institutional wealth business at MLC/NAB Wealth, including leading subsidiaries Plum Financial Services and Jana Investment Advisers. During Hartley's time at Sunsuper, the industry fund grew to be the ...

Dollarmites faces more backlash

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
Commonwealth Bank's lucrative Dollarmites program has taken another blow as Victorian schools have banned such programs in favour of financial lessons. Dollarmites came under fire in 2018 when ASIC began a review into school banking programs. In its ...

Life insurance performance plummets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
The life insurance industry has continued to take a hit to profit, with risk products reporting significant losses. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) latest quarterly life insurance performance statistics paint a bleak picture ...