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New ETF set to debut on ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... Resorts. These deep value stocks have significant growth upside, Bell said, yet to be factored into their share price in the COVID environment. "Star's current market capitalisation of just $2.5 billion means investors are getting the Sydney and Gold ...

Advice too expensive, hard to access: FPA

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
New research has revealed COVID-19 has altered Australian spending behaviour, with more households in a fragile financial position than ever before and facing reduced access to financial advice. The research from CoreData, presented at the Financial ...

ASX revises capital raising measures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... (ASX) has revised its temporary emergency capital raising measures that were put in place to assist companies during the COVID-19 crisis. The ASX said the measures will be tightened as a result of the stabilisation of market conditions. "From 15 September ...

Chief economist update: China's post-pandemic economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
"I guess it also rings a bell for some countries, which are still struggling to fight COVID-19, that without strict measures, the virus won't be fended off. We fought hard, this is our payback." Zhang Yong, a small taxi company owner in Wuhan, is ...

APRA, ACCC sign new MoU

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... cooperation between the two regulators. The updated document comes after the two agencies worked closely together to solve COVID-19 related issues, such as resolution planning and authorisation on anti-competitive arrangements. The new MoU has also been ...

RBA observes weakness and uncertainty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... experiencing an uneven recovery after a very severe contraction in the first half of 2020. "Some economies with high or rising COVID-19 infection rates had recently lost momentum. In contrast, economic growth had been relatively strong in China. The ...

SMSF claim over Dreamworld deaths hits snag

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... liquidity is undoubted and its business substantially intact, despite the company suffering significant losses as a result of COVID-19. Piper Alderman partner Greg Whyte noted that this was a positive take-away for the class action. "It was our concern ...

Banks lose US$635 billion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... data indicated that 14 of the world's largest major global banks have suffered huge market losses as a result of the COVID-19 economic shutdowns. The research said the US's Wells Fargo was the biggest loser, suffering a -56.24% change in market ...

Chief economist update: Prime Minister Suga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... Minister Suga faces a baptism of fire, thrust into leadership at a time when Japan (and the world) is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic slump, national security and trade issues involving the United States and China. Prime Minister Suga ...

UBS makes private wealth strategy shift

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... higher returns compared to traditional portfolios, and can also offer strong diversification for clients invested globally. "COVID-19 has put the exclamation point on one of the most important shifts in financial services in a generation," UBS global ...