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Challenger launches new lifetime annuity

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... in line with rises and falls in the cash rate," Challenger chief executive of distribution, product and marketing Angela Murphy. "It is an Australian first for a retirement income stream to deliver the combination of income certainty with a variable ...

Bain Capital begins restructure reckoning

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... backing a strong balance sheet, and investing in jobs and future growth. Bain Capital Australia managing director Mike Murphy said the strategy would see Virgin Australia emerge from administration as a "stronger, more profitable and competitive" aviation ...

Fixed income investors get new ESG rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... washing'." Of the 126 new impact bonds analysed in 2019, only 33 satisfied the firm's expectations, according to Kendall. Bruce Murphy, director of the BNY Mellon-owned firm in Australia and New Zealand, pointed out recent research shows Australian's ...

Chief economist update: The second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Wall Street is down! Repeat, Wall Street is down! At the close of last night's trading activity all US benchmark equity indices closed sharply lower: Dow (6.9%), S&P 500 (5. 9%), Nasdaq (5.3%), Russell 2000 (7.6%). Financial market wire and web ...

Chief economist update: What to expect when you're expecting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) policy decision - to be announced this afternoon - will only confirm what everyone already is expecting. RBA Governor Philip Lowe and his board will keep Australia's monetary policy settings unchanged - ...

Challenger launches new retirement tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... barriers in speaking with advisers. According to Challenger chief executive distribution, product and marketing Angela Murphy, the firm decided to "do more of the heavy lifting", to help time-poor advisers explain the risks retirees face, including educating ...

Behavioural tools to limit losses, fear

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... financial success. In a virtual conference held by Morningstar, the investment manager's global head of decision sciences Ryan Murphy said arming investors with the skills to limit behavioural biases can be especially helpful during a crisis. "Even in ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... effectively restarting economic activity. "Easy like Sunday morning"? No, Sunday's news wasn't. To paraphrase Mr. Murphy, anything that could go wrong went wrong. Here are the headlines: Northeast China hit by coronavirus infections, Wuhan reports ...

BNY Mellon IM boutique heads for ASX mFunds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... traditional strategic asset allocation-driven processes," Insight investment director of Australia and New Zealand Bruce Murphy said. "Importantly, we understood that many retirees are faced with the prospect of drawing down on their capital at the wrong ...

Chief economist update: Lock us down Scotty!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
Think your 30-50% year-to-date loss in your equity portfolio is bad? Just wait until all buyers disappear, consumed by a tiny speck of micro-organism. Remember Murphy's Law? "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". Monetary and Keynesian stimulus ...