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Your Future, Your Super on APRA to-do list

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... financial system that is resilient and able to support the Australian economy. "Given the continued uncertainty generated by COVID-19, APRA's proposed policy and supervision agenda for the coming period will remain responsive to the external environment ...

Schroders adjusts fund return targets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... risk objectives of the real return funds. "Until recently we believed these were reasonable targets to pursue, however the COVID-19 pandemic has now tipped the balance," Schroders said. The Schroder Real Return CPI Plus 3.5% is now the Schroder Multi-Asset ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... jumped by 9.5% in the last trading day of the first month of 2021 to 33.09 points, marking the highest since the renewed COVID-19 outbreak in Europe that subsequently prompted the reimposition and tightening of restrictions. FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) ...

IPO outlook positive for 2021

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... by Chimeric Therapeutics. HLB Mann Judd partner and author of the report Marcus Ohm said: "It is telling that in a post-COVID-19 recovery environment, the pipeline is quite good compared to previous years, and this reflects the strength of Australia's ...

Billionaires profit from pandemic: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
The nation's wealthiest saw their fortunes increase by nearly $85 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic, a global survey highlighting the widening income-inequity gap shows. Thirty-one Australian billionaires saw their bank balances swell between March ...

Centuria spends big ahead of fund launch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... industrial property has experienced strong tailwinds throughout the past 18 months as a result of increased online retail due to COVID-19 restrictions. "The fund's assets provide a diverse range of tenants across the logistics, manufacturing and distribution ...

Market rotation signals win for value: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... underperforming, while value stocks outperformed," he said. "A couple of factors drove this, such as the news of a successful COVID-19 vaccine and its speedy rollout in many countries, as well as the US election result, both of which helped push long ...

IOOF buffeted by advice restructure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... ongoing impacts of ERS, especially the final opportunity for early access. As well, we have experienced the ongoing impacts of COVID, including client concern and uncertainty around ongoing and potential economic impacts." Mota said the company has been ...

Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... excise tax, and child care (+37.7%), after the unwinding of free child care, with out-of-pocket expenses now returning to pre-COVID levels. "Other price rises in the December quarter were domestic holiday travel (+6.3%), with state and territory borders ...

BlackRock reinforces commitment to ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... towards a net zero economy, and what that means for companies and investors. Fink linked the fault lines exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic to the global threats of climate change in his letter. "I believe that the pandemic has presented such an existential ...