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Aussie equities stage recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Australian equities staged a recovery from its first quarter slump as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest research from Rainmaker. In its most recent Vantage Point report, Rainmaker data shows Australian equities rebounded to ...

Chief economist update: Haste makes Budget waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... benefit beyond September. The payment will be lowered from the current A$1115 a fortnight but will still be above the pre-pandemic rate of A$556 per fortnight." Australia should have waited a few more months through to September as the federal government ...

Government expands SME Guarantee Scheme

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) struggling as a result of the pandemic are set to get up to $40 billion of relief after the government announced it is expanding the SME Guarantee Scheme ahead of its economic update on Thursday. The initial ...

Super to tip into negative cash flows: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... Rainmaker expects super fund returns in default MySuper options to remain relatively buoyant despite taking a hit from the pandemic.

Chief economist update: China recovery would have been good for Oz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
"Sweet days of summer, the jasmine's in bloom July is dressed up and playing her tune... Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind" -Summer Breeze, Seals and Crofts It was expected. China was first in. It was the ...

Pandemic exacerbated retirement confidence: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... State Street head of investments Australia Jonathan Shead said that while the short-term financial implications of the pandemic are front of mind for many, State Street were interested to see whether those worries changed long-term savings behaviour. ...

Chief economist update: Stop right now, thank you very much

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... the Move"; it's "The Place to Be"... infected; and, "The Education State" - to learn how and how not to contain a pandemic. But jokes aside, the resurgence of the coronavirus in Victoria is bad news for the overall Australian economy. Victoria is ...

Top equities managers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... continues to be the case." Managers with exposures to healthcare and IT also outperformed, McCabe said. "The COVID-19 pandemic and market reaction has been unprecedented," he said. "While many stocks in some sectors have been adversely affected, stocks ...

Changes to advice incoming: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... "We should be able to do away with those things, especially given the changes we have had to make due to the COVID-19 pandemic." Bragg said allowing for more tech-neutrality in the advice space will help lower the cost of advice and said changes of that ...

Chief economist update: BOJ takes breather on stimulus sprint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... the Japanese central bank announced over the past few months in efforts to mitigate the nasty impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its domestic economy. In an emergency meeting on March 16, it doubled the annual pace of ETF and other risky assets purchases ...