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The rate that stops the nation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... 10 basis points to 0.15%. Finder insights manager Graham Cooke said a rate cut would have been seen as unprecedented only a few months ago. "The cash rate has already dropped 125 basis points in the last two years, so a further 10-15 point cut is unlikely ...

Retail super offerings in successor fund transfer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... number of regulatory changes to superannuation, introduced by the government and regulatory bodies such as APRA over the last few years, which have increased the complexity and costs associated with administering superannuation funds," Diversa said. ...

Climate change greater threat than COVID: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
Climate change is set to have a greater impact on the economy than the COVID-19 lockdowns, according to a new report from Deloitte Access Economics. The report, A new choice: Australia's climate for growth, found if climate change goes unchecked, Australia's ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The US has reversed its biggest economic contraction in history with the sharpest recovery on record. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the country's GDP increased at annualised rate of 33.1% in the September 2020 quarter following ...

AustralianSuper ratings slide at Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... in Australian equities. "Our enhanced ratings approach emphasises benchmark-relative performance, and we are mindful that few multisector strategies have excelled against this marker. That said, AustralianSuper's differentiated and relatively inexpensive ...

Worst investment ideas revealed: ARK

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... result, viewers have begun to "cut the cord", cancelling their linear TV services at an accelerating rate during the last few years. Without sports, the pace of cord cutting intensified during the pandemic," ARK said. Freight rail, perhaps surprisingly ...

Cash no longer king

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
Flows into international and domestic equity ETFs have surged as investors move away from cash, according to Vanguard and the ASX. International equity ETFs had nearly $2 billion of inflows in the September quarter, followed by domestic equity ETFs ...

BT terminates two funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
BT is winding up two growth funds due to a lack of investor demand. The BT Partner Australia Shares Growth 1 Fund and the BT Partner International Shares Core 1 Fund were terminated on 12 October 2020. They're both single manager funds that have been ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... The resurgence of infections seen in some European regions in recent weeks is assumed to broaden and intensify over the next few quarters, requiring a continuation of containment measures and/or behavioural changes by economic agents." "By virtue of ...

New property fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... said he thinks COVID-19 could present an opportunity for property investors. "Guidelines implemented by APRA over the last few years, including increased liquidity restrictions, have accelerated the recognition of non-banks as viable market lenders. ...