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Chief economist update: No cheers as RBA hits inflation target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Mission accomplished! This would have been the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) self-congratulatory exclamation after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that annual headline CPI inflation accelerated to 2.2% in the March quarter ...

ANZ profits halve, dividend deferred

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... the economic impact of COVID-19 becomes clearer. ANZ chair David Gonski described the decision as prudent, assuring it is not about the bank's financial position and ANZ has not received any concerns from APRA about its capital position. As at March ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... renewed debate on the merit of active investing over passive, which had struggled in a one-way market marching ever higher. But not all active strategies are created equal; as the saying goes, you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes ...

Queensland funds delay merger

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... due diligence while staff are working remotely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the fund, the delay was "not unexpected". "Due diligence activities regarding our merger with Sunsuper are continuing (although remotely)," QSuper said. ...

Platinum funds downgraded at Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
Two funds from Platinum Asset Management were downgraded to bronze at Morningstar yesterday. The funds downgraded are the $8.5 billion Platinum International Fund and its P class, and the $39 million Platinum Global Fund. The biggest, the Platinum International ...

Madison sale slated for May completion

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... that are currently under EY as an administrator; and recently, threatened to recover any balance of the $31 million that is not met by from the previous three options by claiming against Sargon Capital's former and current directors in regards to the ...

Gargantuan stimulus needed to survive economic disaster

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... their spending. While the government's JobKeeper packages will mitigate the severity of the recession, these measures will not avoid one all together, they argue. "They are not 'stimulus' measures, but measures that will merely maintain (some of) the ...

COVID-19 shines a light on ESG: First Sentier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... widespread changes to compensation programs." Turner said where companies have tried to keep executive pay at the same level has not been well received. "Remuneration reports will no doubt receive even more scrutiny than normal," she said.

Australians hate complexity, not annuities: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... government about annuities, most of them said they thought customers don't like them or understand them, leading them to not purchase." The new research indicates that is only partially true. Consumers do struggle to understand annuities. The researchers ...

ATO to determine duplicate ERS applications

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... determination. In an update to the ATO's ERS design and implementation document, the ATO said while the application process does not preclude an individual applying multiple times in a financial year, the ATO will be responsible for rejecting any additional ...