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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
We're all in this together. Just as the coronavirus doesn't distinguish between race, colour, creed or political affiliations, responses by governments - rich and poor - have been the same all over the world (well, almost except notably Sweden) ...

Platform cancels top 50 funds list

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
A UK investment platform has cancelled its usual list of the top 50 funds after it backed a fund that got suspended and promoted funds with discounted fees. Hargreaves Lansdown, a FTSE 100 company, will no longer publish the Wealth 50 which it called ...

Super fund delays successor fund transfer

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
A retail superannuation fund has postponed its MySuper transition to a $16.5 billion industry fund citing market uncertainty and volatility arising from COVID-19. Perpetual's MySuper product was to transition to CareSuper effective around May 1 ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... inverted US yield curve. The Fed's pause in early 2019 and three interest rate reductions later - in July, September and October - plus the "first phase deal" between the US and China - turned the yield curve positive around October of that year ...

Sargon buyers tap former PEXA chief as adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
PEXA's founding chief executive is understood to be advising Teddy Wasserman, as he readies a new group structure for Sargon's operating businesses. Marcus Price was the chief executive of Property Exchange Australia from 2010 to October last ...

FASEA too soft on ethical investing: Advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
During a Responsible Investment Association of Australasia webinar some financial advisers have suggested that FASEA's Code of Ethics doesn't go far enough on ethical investing. Appearing on the webinar, Federation Financial Services adviser Dave Rae ...

Former State Super investments chief returns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
A former State Super chief investment officer is returning to the fund as a director. Lisbeth Rasmussen has joined the board of State Super, three years after departing the fund and the role of chief investment officer. Rasmussen left the fund in late ...

VIC, TAS lead Australia: CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
Victoria remains Australia's strongest performing economy, but it now shares top spot with Tasmania, according to the latest CommSec State of the States report. The latest CommSec economic rankings revealed how the state and territory economies were ...

Powerwrap adds Chi-X offering

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
Financial advisers and their clients using Powerwrap will now be able to access Chi-X investment products. All 30 Chi-X TraCRs products and Chi-X funds will now be available to Powerwrap customers. Chi-X's TraCRs allow Australian investors to access ...

NAB remediation bill grows

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
National Australia Bank has seen another $268 million added to its bill for customer remediation. The increase in customer-related remediation costs for the big bank comes to $188 million after tax. NAB says it expects the additional costs to reduce ...