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Chief executives cop pay cuts

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
Australia's top ranking bosses have endured pay cuts as boards have reined in bonuses ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI's CEO Pay in ASX200 Companies research shows that ...

Sydney boutique winds up fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... benchmark. As at June end, it had $2.8 million in total assets, after starting in December 2017. Top holdings included CBA, CSL, Wesfarmers and ANZ. The decision to shut the managed fund, which investors were informed about on July 16, was expected to ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... and Independence Group), Consumer Staples (like Woolworths), Consumer Discretionary (such as JB Hi-Fi), Health Care (like CSL and ResMed), Telecommunication Services (such as Telstra), Commercial & Professional Services (like Brambles) and Software & ...

Financial services boards overpaid: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... underpaying theirs. "When board remuneration is ranked against company size, the top 10 best value boards in Australia are CSL, Newcrest Mining, Magellan Fin Group Limited, Coles Group, GPT Group, Afterpay Touch, Xero Limited, Sydney Airport, the a2 ...

Healthcare outperforms as financials plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... representing a compound annual growth rate of about 18.5% over 20 years." This is mostly thanks to global biotechnology company CSL, which recently unseated the Commonwealth Bank as Australia's largest company by market cap. "Because of its size ...

Positives from the pandemic for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
According to the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP), the COVID-19 pandemic may be producing some positives for financial advisers. In a letter to AIOFP members, executive director Peter Johnston wrote that despite all ...

Colonial First State ups cash for Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... Wholesale Geared Fund invests in large Australian companies. At November end, about 10% of the fund's assets were invested in CSL, and a further 15% were in CBA and BHP together. The Colonial First State Future Leaders Fund invests in smaller Australian ...

Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... crisis will be healthcare, property and consumer staples (supermarkets in particular), Taylor argues. He likes stocks like CSL and Ramsay Health Care, REITs and Coles (which is one of Fidelity's largest holdings). Taylor says in the low growth environment ...

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... can benefit from the spreading COVID-19 virus. "Events like these always create opportunities," he said. "Buying stocks like CSL and other big pharma companies is one way to play it. Shorting travel and tourism stocks is another way." It comes as Apple ...

FSC calls for CSLR claims cap

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called for the government to cap compensation claims over financial misconduct at "reasonable levels" so as not to create a "moral hazard". In a submission to the Treasury's Compensation Scheme of Last Resort ...