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Industry fund updates investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... performance based fees to some of our investment managers. "For example, buying shares and credit at lower prices in March/April 2020 have had a positive impact on fund performance." The Australian shares, bonds and credit income investment options all ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... March 2020 quarter and a record 31.4% in the second quarter - and, although down from the all-time high of 14.7% recorded in April 2020, remains elevated (7.9% in September). This could be because TINA (there is no alternative) FOMO (fear of missing ...

Future Fund posts modest growth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... by the rolling off of strong market performance towards the end of 2019 and the impact of market disruption in March and April. "This will continue to affect one year returns in the next quarter. Looking forward sustaining asset prices at current levels ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... activity. Japan, itself, has lifted the "state of emergency" on May 25 - a month and a bit after it was put in place on April 16. This, along with fiscal and monetary policy support, has allowed the economy to slowly recover. Japanese economic and survey ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that death rates could be four to five times more by January 2021 than they were in April this year. European governments have, so far, resisted re-imposing national lockdowns. As per Factset, "Mitigation measures ...

Aussies continue to drain super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... Initial applications total 3.2 million and repeat applications total 1.3 million since the inception of the scheme, back in April. A total of $34.8 billion has been requested from funds since the start of the scheme, with $33.8 billion having been already ...

Adviser sentenced to eight years' prison

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... non-parole period of two years and eight months. He was reported to ASIC by Synchron, which also ceased his authorisation, in April 2018. Between March 2006 and December 2017, Dick accessed and transferred about $1.1 million of clients' superannuation ...

AAA rating holds on by a thread

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... resulted in heightened social distancing measures in the state, but this is still less severe than the -5% we forecast in April," it said. "Restrictions have largely been eased outside of Victoria, except for a modest tightening in New South Wales, which ...

Budget commitment to aged care not good enough

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... $250 payment in December and further $250 payment in March 2021. It comes after the government provided a $750 payment in April and July this year, to support aged pensioners during the crisis. Also on a positive note, the government announced it would ...

ERS extension flagged, criticised

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... 3.2 million and repeat applications total 1.3 million since the inception of the scheme. Since the scheme was launched in April, $33.8 billion has been removed from super.