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Australian fund regulation below average: Morningstar

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
Australia has received a below average grade from Morningstar for the regulatory and tax frameworks that its managed funds face. As part of its biannual Global Investor Experience report, the research house assessed the experiences of mutual fund investors ...

A case for flexible asset allocation: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... strategic asset allocation benchmark, not necessarily to manage to the objective. "Secondly, the strategic asset allocation framework provides a relative blunt way to reflect shorter views, therefore holding all the underlying building blocks directly ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... only two months ago," he said. "Investors have favoured companies that appear 'safe', which is at odds with the framework for an economic recovery. "This rapid disconnect in sentiment from one of the most dramatic economic slowdowns in history ...

ASIC demands compliance despite COVID-19

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
The corporate regulator is warning companies keep their control framework in-line when working from home, after control failures led a betting agency to open a market covering the performance of the S&P/ASX 200 index. ASIC has publicly chided Sportsbet ...

Vale Ted Evans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
Tributes are flowing for former Westpac chair and Treasury secretary Ted Evans, who passed away over the weekend. Evans, who had been battling cancer, joined the Australian Treasury in 1968 and devoted 43 years of his working life to public service ...

Changes to foreign investment rules hurt managed funds

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
A Chinese-Australian funds manager has slammed changes to the foreign investment review framework, arguing they will damage the Australian economy and its managed funds businesses. Atlas Advisors Australia said the new temporary FIRB rules would curb ...

Will COVID-19 kill the balanced option?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... could better help consumers see the reality of how their investments are going to perform. "Importantly, a risk based framework doesn't preclude any investment manager from any particular strategic asset allocation, trustees will be free to offer their ...

Trillion dollar stimulus debt debated

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... Australian businesses to foreign interests," Morrison said. "The Treasurer has announced changes to the foreign investment framework to protect Australia's national businesses." The Prime Minister said more than 200,000 JobSeeker claims, for those left ...

Super funds must prioritise liquidity: Regulators

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... strong leadership. "APRA and ASIC are available to provide guidance and assistance on issues arising under the regulatory framework, however ultimate responsibility for the outcomes superannuation members experience lies with boards and trustees," they ...

Calls for super release to borrow from RBA

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... those without access to their super. "Importantly, while it would require temporary, crisis, adjustments to the super framework, it wouldn't undermine the system," Davis said. To achieve this, Davis said super funds would need to allow members to ...