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Hamish Douglass remains confident amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... be?" He said. "We have to smartly think about how are we can participate in that income growth in China in a world that is pretty complex and has a lot of tension in it as well. "We also have to think about the disruption that the world is facing at ...

Macquarie shares halve in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... told Financial Standard financials have been hit here just as much as they have globally. "The bank stocks have been hit pretty hard as the market prices in a low interest rate regime here and across the globe," he said. "Effectively, because of how ...

Sunsuper Labor donations rile Bragg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... relative levels of fees. Again, I would say that Sunsuper is a relatively low-cost provider of superannuation and comes up pretty well on our heat map measures and so that for us, I think is our primary focus. "Are these funds delivering good outcomes ...

Formalising feedback creates trust: HBL Mann Judd

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... staff satisfaction levels across professional service firms. "This does make the business case for investing in your people pretty clear," he said. "Partners who have the empathy and insight and people skills can create the right environment for staff ...

Climate activism not translating to investing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... Australian Stock Exchange said: "We're keen to encourage more renewable companies to list. At the moment, renewables are a pretty small part of our market." CHOICE said fossil fuel-free super is a recent development and, as a result, fees can be ...

ISA takes swipe at Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... analysis". "The same Treasury documents described Industry Super Australia's criticisms of our retirement incomes research as 'pretty specious'," Coates said.

SMSF Association reaffirms ATO partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... the SMSF Association and the ATO do not always see eye to eye, but the formal agreement remains important. "We have some pretty candid discussions about what we disagree on, but at least they're happening rather than the issues not being discussed," ...

AMPFPA action progresses, associations merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... hall meetings completed and a webinar set for this Thursday for those who couldn't attend, Macdonald said Corrs is "pretty close" to finalising its case, predicting the action will be filed later this month, if not early next. "They're speaking ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... for a time, but if we see a recession unfold in the global economy, particularly in the US, we will see markets unravel pretty quickly because there are imbalances in financial markets." He said investors should not rely on recent past performance as ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... for a February rate cut have decreased to only 10% after the inflation data, from around 25% yesterday," because "[It] is pretty much in line with the RBA's latest forecasts which take the pressure off the RBA to cut the cash rate at its next meeting ...