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REITs resilient in face of virus: Principal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... than the less than one per cent yield of a 10 year bond. And REITs are still seen as a defensive investment in volatile times," she said. "That's attractive to international investors, who already like Australia because of our deep real estate market ...

Major industry events cancelled amid pandemic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... Foundation and Learning Links -will be continuing their work despite market volatility and COVID-19 outbreaks. "It's at times like these that they need our support more than ever," she said. McLaren added that FICAP hopes to rebook the even in the ...

Pension fund chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... retirement benefits, the fund said. "During that time, CalSTRS evolved as a leader in the debate, emerging from those turbulent times with a solid long-term funding plan in place and a benefit structure that continues to provide educators with a rewarding ...

Stopping SG is nuclear response to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy was blunt in his assessment of the situation. "These are anxious times and a strong fiscal response is warranted, but raiding Australia's superannuation system is not the solution to the ...

Life insurers breach own code consistently

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... Maurice Blackburn has called out the life insurance industry, saying insurers breached their Code of Practice hundreds of times in just six months. The Life Code Compliance Committee (LCCC) conducted an investigation and found many insurers breached ...

Moody's to give free research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... financial impacts of the outbreak. Rob Fauber, chief operating officer of Moody's Corporation, said: "We recognise that during times of intense market volatility and uncertainty, comprehensive and timely information is imperative." "Moody's mission is ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... fell 7.29%. NYSE president Stacey Cunningham said the trading halt overnight serves to help build market resilience during times of volatility and fear. "Shortly after today's market open, the market-wide circuit breakers halted trading for 15 minutes," ...

Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... Generation Internet ETF back at the beginning of 2015 would have raked in annualized returns of 27% through the end of 2019-3 times the return of the MSCI World Index over the same period. "Some extra risk is to be expected given the speculative nature ...

Chief economist update: The crash we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... investment is junk bonds. It offers relatively higher yield to the investor and relatively lower cost for the issuer. Financial Times notes that energy companies are the biggest issuers of junk bonds, accounting for more than 11% of the US high-yield ...

InPayTech's ClickSuper grows

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... that enhances security of data transfers, improves employee and member engagement, reduces SuperStream processing costs and times with low cost technology," InPayTech chief executive Dean Martin said. "It ultimately serves as a communication channel ...