Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 81 - 90 of 257 results for "Equate"

Super reforms modest negative for AMP, IOOF: Credit Suisse

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
Last night's superannuation reforms could be a "modest negative" for AMP, IOOF and Link Group but have no impact on Netwealth and HUB24. The government is proposing to subject all MySuper products to a new APRA-administered annual test from July 2021 ...

Chief economist update: Splish splash, budget cash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
"Money, money, money Always sunny..." -ABBA Money, in Aussie dollar terms, amounts to "$98 billion in response and recovery support, including $25 billion under the COVID-19 Response Package and $74 billion under the JobMaker Plan" the Federal Treasury ...

Masterfund assets decline

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
The masterfunds sector lost $38.4 billion over the 2019-20 financial year but has almost recovered the losses instigated by the global pandemic, the latest Plan For Life data show. The sector, which comprises mutual funds on wraps, platforms and master ...

CSIRO contractor in crypto scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
A CSIRO contractor has been sentenced over fraudulent behaviour after he used the organisation's servers and supercomputers to carry out cryptocurrency mining. He was caught out after the CSIRO noticed serious impairment of its computing infrastructure ...

Legalsuper appoints executive, increases premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
The $4 billion industry super fund has welcomed a new executive manager of member experience formerly of Cbus. It comes as the fund prepares to also increase insurance premiums for its almost 40,000-strong membership. Carrie Norman has joined legalsuper ...

Value to be found in childcare stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
The government's ongoing fiscal support to the childcare industry throughout the pandemic has led to an undervaluation of childcare stock prices despite the COVID-19 surge in Victoria, according to latest research from Morningstar. Morningstar equity ...

Senator criticises lazy super system

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
Senator Jane Hume has said the compulsory nature of superannuation allowed super funds to become lazy, creating inefficiencies in the system. She has also hinted the government will soon turn its attention back to the Productivity Commission's recommendation ...

Zurich pledges to COVID-19 support

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
Zurich Australia and OnePath Life announced donations to 20 charities with COVID-19 response funding. Zurich said it has made a $1.4 million donation from the Z Zurich Foundation to help local community programs respond to increased demand. Zurich ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs China more than it needs us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
"You don't mess with the Zohan." Or in Australia's case, don't mess with the Politburo. It's only been weeks since Australia called for an inquiry into COVID-19, offending China and sending it into retaliation mode - Beijing banned beef ...

Chief economist update: Labor Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
It would have been funny had it not been for the gravity of the circumstances the planet has found itself in these days of the coronavirus pandemic. For right on the eve of "Labor Day", the US Department of Labor reports that more than 30 million Americans ...