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ANZ posts profit, announces dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... of our portfolio as we balance the need to support customers and our staff through this global pandemic while providing a fair return for shareholders," Elliott said. "Our company purpose of helping people and communities thrive has guided our response. ...

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... said. He argues it would be a mistake to use a set threshold like 31 as a trigger for extreme levels of valuation. "To assess fair value, the CAPE should be adjusted for other conditions such as real interest rates and inflation expectations, and both ...

Young-old wealth gap widest in 18 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Counting on your children's lives being better than yours? It's not a given as a new Actuaries Institute report finds the relative wealth and wellbeing of 25 to 34 year olds is the lowest in 18 years. The Actuaries Institute's publication ...

FSU wants CBA to up pay

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... negotiations, we are of course expecting that the bank will recall the contribution of workers in achieving these results and deliver fair and decent pay rises." CBA chief executive Matt Comyn said in the results announcement that the bank was able to ...

ASIC puts investment managers on notice over valuations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... said. "ASIC may take regulatory action against responsible entities that do not comply with their obligations to provide fair and reasonable valuations of fund assets." In terms of valuating assets, financial institutions may struggle with comparable ...

ASIC slammed over SMSF data

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... Falinski questioned if ASIC is holding themselves to the same standards as they set for financial institutions. "It's fair to say it was the way ASIC presented that data and I can't believe that if a financial institution did something similar ...

Lazard dumps AMP shares

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... multi- year investment program outlined by the company," Lazard said in a fund update. "We assess AMP as having an absolute fair value of $2.15 and a relative value in today's expensive market of ca $3.15 per share - the stock remains one of our larger ...

Super fund for women adds fee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
A superannuation fund that markets itself to women has created a new administration fee. FairVine Super, a sub-plan of Aracon Super, has added a $104 per annum administration fee (equating to $2 a week) for members in its balanced and growth options. ...

Life insurance at tipping point: Industry leaders

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
... "Incremental change hasn't worked; we need fundamental change, but I think it needs to be now," Stewart said. "There is a fair question as to whether life insurance will continue to be available and affordable going forward without the change, and ...

Advisers file class action against AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... reinforced that the TAA and its members view the class action as a last resort, saying the preference is always to negotiate fair and reasonable outcomes which, so far as the BOLR changes go, AMP has not been open to. However, having met with AMP regularly ...