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Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Following a qualitative review of 69 Australian fixed-interest strategies, ratings house Morningstar has made 15 changes; including upgrades, downgrades, and dropping its coverage of one strategy. The changes are attributable to Morningstar's revised ...

Advice group flees MLC after IOOF takeover

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
HFM & Partners has made the decision to change its Australian financial services licence from MLC-owned GWM Adviser Services in light of the acquisition by IOOF. The announcement by IOOF to acquire MLC's advice business will see the creation of ...

Labor says yes, economists say no to SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Former Labor Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Paul Keating have slammed the possibility the Liberal party may ditch the planned rise to the super guarantee as economists warn against it going ahead. Speaking at a socially distanced press conference, Rudd ...

IOOF posts profit, restructures business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
IOOF posted a net profit of $147 million for FY20, while also announcing a range of changes to its advice businesses as part of its advice transformation. IOOF announced its Bridges business will be transformed into a fully salaried network, while it ...

Another AMP worker recounts campaign of harassment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... was treated like a criminal," she said. "I was called in for cross-examination, where I was asked accusing questions as though I was making it up or taking it too seriously. I was asked whether I truly believed the act actually entailed sexual harassment. ...

Chief economist update: Gone fishing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... high that you don't have that option in the future. I'm not worried about that at all in the foreseeable future, though. The starting position here was very good. The more pressing issue is, I think, what the next couple of years look like". ...

Retail investors surpass one million

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
The retail investor population has surged 41% since the beginning of the year, with now more than one million punters trying to profit from recent market volatility. In Investment Trends 2020 1H Online Investing Report, the research house found the ...

Chief economist update: Second wave turning our V into a W

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... with the rate of improvement largely unchanged on July. Driving the upturn was further growth in output and new orders, though both rose at slower rates. Export sales continued to fall sharply. Supply chains remained under pressure, with respondents ...

Law firm demands Pahari documents from AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
Maurice Blackburn wants AMP to hand over documents relating to its handling of sexual harassment complaints before it will consent to the Pahari report being released to the public. Yesterday, AMP said it would publicly release its report into complaints ...

ANZ posts profit, announces dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
ANZ has announced an unaudited statutory profit for the third quarter of $1.32 billion and an interim dividend of 25 cents per share, fully franked. The bank reported an unaudited cash profit from continuing operations of $1.5 billion, with chief executive ...