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Asset allocation in a post-pandemic world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... for investors," he said. When looking at PE ratios, Sparks said caution is needed when looking at market valuations. In January this year the Australian share market was trading on a PE of 18.4. It's now trading on a forecast PE of 17.8. "That seems ...

Technical Services Forum: Testing risk tolerance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... to whether or not they had a financial plan in place and have acted on it." Lowe said Challenger research, conducted in January this year, showed a significant majority of retirees are worried about outliving their retirement savings, something that ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... and, mind you, the rise in the jobless rate happened despite the participation rate dropping to 60.2% (the least since January 1973) from 62.7% in March. But... this is better than market expectations for a jump to 16% (yey). Similarly, total non-farm ...

FASEA extension to pass next week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... passes, advisers will be given an additional year to complete the FASEA-approved exam, meaning they'll have until 1 January 2022 instead of 1 January 2021. Advisers that have to meet FASEA's qualification requirements will have until 1 January ...

Former Cbus advice head launches referral program

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... Financial Planning Association of Australia in 2014 for specialised advice that went beyond the intra-fund advice remit. In January, he launched his own firm, called the Financial Advice Services Institute (FASI), aiming to work with superannuation funds ...

Insurtech investments down 54% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... Insurtechs attracted US$912 million in the first quarter across the globe but the deal activity slowed down significantly after January, according to Willis Towers Watsons. "The year 2020 began on the same trajectory on which the previous year concluded. ...

AFSL pleads guilty to mishandling client money

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... licensee money," ASIC said in a statement. PSAL pled guilty to three beaches, starting with breaching s993B(1) between 25 January 2016 and 31 December 2018 by receiving money in connection with financial services, and then failing to pay that money into ...

Chief economist update: Will emerging markets be first to emerge?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... market and developing economies is projected to contract by -1.0 percent in 2020..." This is a 5.4% downgrade from its January 2020 projections. But if you think this is bad, the IMF sees economic growth dropping by much more in developed economies - ...

Asset consultant expands into retail market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... Karagianis has been selected to lead the roll out of JANA's retail partnerships offering. Karagianis joined JANA in January 2019 as senior consultant and he will be supported by John Ryan, who has joined as business development lead for retail partnerships. ...

Sargon buyers tap former PEXA chief as adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... Property Exchange Australia from 2010 to October last year. After Sargon Capital had administrators appointed in late January upon defaulting on interest payments on its debt to a Chinese lender, it put eight subsidiaries that hold its operating businesses ...