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Retirees hurt by APRA dividend pressure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... after going ex-dividend, so the shares don't suffer the full cost of the dividend payment." Middleton said this compares pretty poorly with the alternative of selling shares in a depressed market to get enough cash for living expenses. "Rights issues ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... 2% yield on investment grade corporate bonds, which compared to term deposits and "high interest" bank accounts, looks pretty good, Kase said. He also prefers Australian corporate debt over offshore debt. "In Australia, corporate bonds are higher quality ...

Adviser fears over ASIC relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... provided by super funds has become a central issue. Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran believes it is "pretty clear" there is a disconnect between the quality of advice Australians need and what they end up receiving from super funds ...

Managed accounts use broadens

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... accounts. "When you can find a product that makes both of them [adviser and client] have a better experience, then it's pretty hard to see that it won't grow," Blomfield said. Blomfield said that as ETFs also become more utilised within managed accounts ...

Seek financial advice: Hume

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... resort, Hume suggested some of the numbers about what $10,000 could amount to in retirement are overblown. "There are some pretty wild numbers floating around about what taking $10,000 today means for you," Hume said. "We would suggest that people either ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... referring to the people in those lines - many of them, he said, probably never thought they'd be unemployed. "I think it's pretty clear to most people, if not every person in this country, that the coronavirus is having an impact on our country and ...

Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... to Rice Warner. "I don't see the need to drawdown on the Future Fund because governments can borrow so cheaply, for pretty much less than cost of inflation," Coates said. AMP Capital head of investment strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver says ...

Lonsec recommends PCFM fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... the largest chain restaurant operator in China." Mitchell said those stocks can be bought on multiples which he said "are pretty interesting" given their rates of growth. Part of this story is an excerpt from Financial Standard's latest feature on global ...

Good time to be in managed accounts: IMAP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... portfolio, the impact has not been felt as extremely. "You'd hope that because managed account portfolios are subject to a pretty rigorous investment management process, that the returns in the risk adjusted sense are likely to be superior to less ...

IMAP not anticipating regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... there didn't seem to be an imperative for regulatory change which suggests that the conduct of MDAs have generally been pretty good." Potter said that he believes it is unlikely the regulator will move to take regulatory action in the MDA space at least ...