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Credit Suisse names preferred investment options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
Platforms are the preferred sector exposure, asset managers are inexpensive and Link Group offers the best mid-term value, according to Credit Suisse's Diversified Financial Services Sector review for August 2020. The report reviewed the key operational ...

ASIC drags Evans Dixon to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
The corporate regulator started Federal Court proceedings against an Evans Dixon subsidiary over advice it provided, pushing down shares over 12% by noon. ASIC is alleging a Dixon Advisory representative failed to look after client's best interest ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... to bronze, which Morningstar noted followed a spate of team changes in 2017 while still delivering results. Fees were also cut to 0.3% in 2018, which Morningstar said made it "increasingly convinced in the strategy's overall merits". Vanguard was ...

ERS to lead to rising pension costs, higher taxes

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
Industry Super Australia has slammed the government's early release of superannuation scheme, arguing it will significantly increase the long-term Age Pension costs borne by taxpayers. Total retirement incomes will be substantially lower, it said, while ...

AMP does not treat advisers fairly: Poll

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... treatment of advisers and a further 9% acknowledged the situation is complicated, choosing not to cast a vote either way. AMP cut BOLR valuations from 4x recurring revenue to a maximum of 2.5x last year. In July, a class action was filed against AMP ...

Investors will be forced into equities: DeepData Analytics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... he said. "One of the biggest mistakes investors make is cutting winners and holding losers. We back winners with upside and cut losers to move for better options. "We are moving into a decade of elevated volatility and low returns so managing risk is ...

Dividends ripe for the picking

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... than half the ASX 200 paid a dividend this year and of those, 33% lifted dividends, 17% kept the dividend the same and 50% cut the dividend. The Plato Australian Shares Income Fund has generated gross income of 9.4% per annum since inception with the ...

Cbus pledges net zero emissions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
The $54 billion construction industry fund is planning to cut 45% of absolute portfolio emissions by 2030 and is aiming for net zero emissions by 2050 by removing high-risk climate holdings. Under Cbus' new Climate Change Roadmap, the fund will develop ...

Earnings season worst on record: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... 20 reporting seasons. Of the 94 companies paying a dividend, 33% lifted dividends, 17% kept the dividend the same and 50% cut the dividend. "Overall, profits were down in the year to June, causing companies to slash or abandon dividend payments and instead ...

Industry fund reduces fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
A $1.7 billion superannuation fund is cutting some of its fees as of 1 October 2020. The majority of Christian Super's 28,000 members will benefit from asset allocation changes, lower fees paid to investment managers, and reduced indirect costs ...