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Majority of ERS applications double dippers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
The majority of payments made through the government's Early Release of Super (ERS) scheme have been double dippers, according to the most recent APRA data. In the period from the scheme's inception until end of financial year, 2.54 million applications ...

Morningstar sticks to AMP Capital ratings

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Capital] at tail end of last year. We will do a reassessment of the parent pillar before the end of the cycle, in the next few months, as the new leader is announced."

Technology can ease adviser red tape: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... good news that the industry could be on its way to regaining trust and trustworthiness. Locke said that AFCA receives very few complaints about financial planners, calculating to about 1.6% of the total work the complaints authority conducts.

Official recession not that scary: Economists

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
The Australian economy fell 7% in the June quarter, spelling two consecutive quarters of economic contraction, officially marking the nation's first recession since 1991. The release of national accounts confirmed the Australian economy has experienced ...

Market rebound leaves behind active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Even with the share market soaring back to pre-COVID-19 highs, active fund managers continue to struggle with performance and profitability, Deloitte analysis shows. Median revenue for asset managers that invest in publicly traded shares and bonds fell ...

Cbus pledges net zero emissions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... officer Kristian Fok said the economies of 2030 and 2050 will look very different to what we have experienced over the last few decades and high-risk climate holdings will not see out their traditional economic life. "The average Cbus member is 39 years ...

Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... with just $500 back in the day. Not knowing how to invest it, she put the money in companies she "loves and trusts". In a few months, she saw $500 jump to $4000 after investing in South Corp (because she loves wine), Julia Mines (for her namesake) and ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... Statistics' (ABS) 'Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia, June 2020' report made few headlines and almost nil market reaction. Perhaps, this is because whatever the capex results and its forward indication remain ...

Household debt a major risk: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
The long-run rise in household indebtedness has increased concerns about the risks this poses globally to banking sectors and economies more broadly, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. In a new paper titled How Risky is Australian Household ...

Chief economist update: Comeback COVID

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... world faces. It's back again... in Australia, in New Zealand, in Japan, in South Korea, in Vietnam, in Europe, to name a few. According to Factset: "Major Eurozone nations have seen infection rates return to levels not seen since the spring. France ...