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Please be aware of the nearest exit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... taken to stop the spread of COVID-19 will have a lasting effect. Michael Berg, senior consultant at Rice Warner, said the country needs to start thinking about an exit strategy. "We need to assume that we will have to come out of the lockdown long before ...

500 advisers exit during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... Tynan said. "It's not just the Statement of Advice, it's everything. It's so hard.... And it's harder for people in the country and in regional Australia." However, Tynan did say there has been a silver lining in the COVID-19 crisis for some financial ...

SMSF auditors come under fire

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... super fund auditors as it works to ensure the industry meets competency and expertise standards. Auditors from around the country suffered blows after they failed to meet independence and auditing standards, and failed to comply with CPD requirements. ...

No liquidity support for super: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... position to conclude that." Additionally, Lowe provided an update on the outlook for the Australian economy, saying the country should be prepared for some permanent change. "It is highly probable that the severe shocks we are now experiencing will change ...

The domino effect: Oil falls, markets follow

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
Despite all the jaw dropping falls that investors have endured during the COVID-19 crisis, the US oil price crash overnight may just be the worst. The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil for May plunged more than 190% during trade on Monday ...

Oil tanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
Wouldn't it be nice to buy a house in Denmark was what I thought when I read the news that Jyske Bank - the country's third-largest bank - announced in August last year that it would pay home borrowers 0.5% per annum to take out a mortgage. Sweet! And ...

Aberdeen Standard global equities funds downgraded

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... fund has initiated or topped-up in US growth stocks. "...the portfolio's trailing P/E of 22.7 sat well above the MSCI All Country World ex Australia Index's 17.3 as of February 2020; it was also higher than the portfolio's 18.0 measure a year prior," ...

Advisers adapt as crisis unfolds

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... faced contracting operating margins and an exodus of advisers following the Royal Commission. These pressures saw the country's advisers increasingly embrace technology and innovative solutions to scale up their businesses. In a survey of 177 authorised ...

The great fall of China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) - scheduled for early March - used as a rubberstamped platform to announce the country's growth target for the year. It might be hard to imagine (pre-coronavirus) for the Politburo to target zero growth in the ...

Super funds need to act like banks: PM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... should be doing what they can to support businesses to ensure their members can retain jobs. "The super funds in this country have $3 trillion worth of assets, and here we have a company that needs capital and its workers have been paying into industry ...