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Bitcoin bonanza amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
The investment world's underdog has seen a surge in interest since it hit rock bottom in March, outperforming the US market indices by a mile. Bitcoin, which started the year rising from US$7500 to US$10,5O0, fell just as badly as every other asset ...

No golden ticket for super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
March provided evidence that superannuation funds won't be able to guild returns through investments in gold, according to Parametric. Parametric managing director of research Raewyn Williams said investments in gold failed to provide a safe haven from ...

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 ...

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
Nothing focuses the mind as the choice between life and death. This choice has been thrust onto Planet Earth's population by the coronavirus pandemic. So much so, that men, women and children of the world are giving up - willingly or grudgingly ...

IOOF, CountPlus, Iress want better path to fee consent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
Licensees and platform providers have joined forces to call for a consistent industry approach to managing the Advice Fee Consent legislation. The proposed legislation, which is part of the government's Royal Commission reforms, requires platform operators ...

The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
Late last year, before extreme weather events battered the world, before COVID-19, The Big Short 's Michael Burry said he had found the next bubble: passive investments. Now, with asset prices trembling in the face of the pandemic, could there still ...

The blame game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... heightened peer relativity. "It's not just the heat map. The system has gotten very large and this comes with heightened press attention, as well as political interest," Griffith said. "The publishing and heightened focus on rankings, especially over ...

Members begin to turn on industry funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... about some specific funds. "It's really been existing clients who had wealth in the most affected funds and some of the bad press alerted them - and us - and we've sat down with them and it's just been a "let's do it" there hasn't even really been much ...

SMSFs granted annual return extension

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
SMSFs have been granted an extension to the lodgement of annual returns to the ATO to June. The ATO said it made the decision in the wake of the financial effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. "The requirement for an SMSF to appoint an auditor 45 days before ...

IOOF joins FEW corporate partner lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
At a time when many organisations are limiting discretionary spending, IOOF is doing the opposite - signing on as the latest corporate partner to Financial Executive Women to provide staff with ongoing educational and professional support. IOOF has ...