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No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... real risk." In the past there were signs that something bad was coming, so traders had months to change their investment view. The outbreak of an unknown pandemic could not be anticipated. Ilya Spivak, Daily FX head strategist for APAC said part of the ...

Good time to be in managed accounts: IMAP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... when the market is so volatile." Potter said advisers then have the luxury of being able to tell a client exactly what their view is and what they are doing about it, knowing that the same applies for all their clients. "They don't have to try and ...

No new ASX 200 names this quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... appear as making an active decision. "At the end of the day, no indexation strategy is completely passive. The industry has a view of them as a feet-up-on-the-desk, low operational approach," Higgins said. "I don't think this taking the role of [active ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
Emerging markets, which in recent times had made somewhat of a comeback, are now cowering in the shadow of the rapidly spreading coronavirus. As the world falls into a recession, COVID-19 will have a disproportionate impact on emerging markets, with ...

Positives from the pandemic for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
According to the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP), the COVID-19 pandemic may be producing some positives for financial advisers. In a letter to AIOFP members, executive director Peter Johnston wrote that despite all ...

FPA advocates for reduced pension minimums

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia is keeping itself busy amid COVID-19 uncertainty, with chief executive Dante De Gori urging the government to consider moves to ease the pressure on retirees, just weeks after he had an audience with the ...

NYSE closes trading floor

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has made all trading electronic, temporarily closing its symbolic trading floor. NYSE president Stacey Cunningham announced the move after two people tested positive for COVID-19, but said the closure will only be ...

Prodigy folds, two boutiques to shut

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... Capital, Flinders Investment Partners and Equus Point Capital. Last Friday, Euroz decided to stop funding Prodigy, taking the view that Prodigy had failed to reach sufficient scale, and industry headwinds and barriers to entry are strong. At the time ...

World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... one of the largest in the world on a per capita basis. State Street Global Advisors said that while the market has yet to view the combined action from central banks as effective, here is hope on the horizon. "Coordinated central bank actions have not ...

Afterpay coughs up $1.5m over US loans

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... enable merchant to sell goods to their consumers that can be repaid over time," it said in a statement. "Afterpay rejects the view that the company operated illegally." The DBO said the consumer refunds represent the fees collected by the point-of-sale ...