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Property takes $237m hit

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... Australia, except for the nation's capital; Canberra. The findings come out of the City Analytics Lab in the Futures Research Centre at UNSW, who in response to the pandemic, developed a COVID-19 Property Market Dashboard for Australia. City Analytics ...

Property giant kicks off capital raise

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
A $38.9 billion ASX-listed real estate portfolio manager is set to bolster its balance sheet with a multi-million dollar institutional placement, as it moves to better withstand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the $275 million institutional ...

SuperFriend bolsters support offerings as demand peaks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... caused a spike in inquiries from super funds, insurers and other workplaces within the sector. The organisation said call centre staff working across superannuation accounts are heavily impacted by the crisis, particularly as they deal with a flood on ...

Citi hires new investment banking head from Deutsche

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
Citi has appointed a new head of investment banking for Australia and New Zealand from Deutsche Bank Australia, while also announcing new co-heads of local equity capital markets. Alex Cartel was most recently Deutsche Bank Australia's head of investment ...

Advisers adapt as crisis unfolds

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
Despite both the health and economic destruction that the COVID-19 pandemic has left in its wake, the environment, albeit dark, has highlighted the value of Australia's advice industry. The human element of advice; the ability to connect with someone ...

Chief economist update: Surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
If this is as bad as it gets, give me coronavirus everyday (well, hope not). The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that employment increased (yes, it's up) by 5900 in March and the unemployment rate ticked up by an itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
Long lines outside Centrelink branches have become defining images of the effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the Australian economy. But what impact will it have on the stigma associated with welfare? When Prime Minister Scott Morrison said 2020 ...

Top picks for dividends during COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
UBS says the dividend dip in Australian stocks in the next year could be worse than the Global Financial Crisis, but six stocks are poised to pay good dividends. In 2008, dividends fell by $10.5 billion (or 28%) to $44.9 billion. But this time, dividends ...

IOOF trims operations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
Plans to simplify IOOF are continuing, with the wealth manager taking an axe to its New Zealand business. IOOF has sold the client rights to the IOOF Integral Master Trust it operates in New Zealand, the centrepiece of the firm's operations in the ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... another 1%. The remained of about 2% comes from selling options on the stocks. It's this last component that will take centre stage for income-focused funds in the months ahead, according to Teh. "Not [changing] much, because I do run a high-income ...