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Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Financial advisers and investors in fixed income funds are feeling the heat as markets trade less frequently in the ongoing COVID-19 correction, and they are slugged with exit costs. Unlisted managed fixed income funds from giants like Vanguard and ...

Lonsec recommends PCFM fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... positioned currently, according to Antipodes Partners chief investment officer Jacob Mitchell. Mitchell recently told Financial Standard that Asian and Chinese equities have been relative outperformers during the current period of volatility, arguably ...

Chief economist update: AUD depreciation no cure for coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... same year; and, it dropped from US$0.91 to US$0.62 at the onset of the GFC in 2007- when most major economies went into a Great Recession. The coronavirus crisis has so far taken the A$/US$ exchange rate to as low as US$0.5821 from this year's high ...

MLC waives licensee fees, delays dealer group transitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... employer, parent, carer and community member - with demands changing daily," Lloyd wrote. "I also know that it's our great shared privilege to bring to bear deep experience in giving our clients context and confidence when they need it most." MLC ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... clarity as to the true scale of the impact COVID-19 is likely to have which, in turn, made clearer the challenges the financial services industry will face in combating the pandemic's effects. However, greater uncertainty was also posed. As the number ...

Why banks are lifting TD rates

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... air and do nothing." She applauded the banks for assisting consumers during the current period of volatility. "It's great to see banks boosting at least one of their term deposit rates to give people an opportunity to get just that little bit more ...

Super fund merger delayed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... Davy said member support is a key priority for both funds, with members expressing concern about market volatility and financial hardship. "Understandably, members are concerned about their retirement savings. And we'll likely see an increase in the ...

Times of turmoil create opportunities: deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... that professional investors had already adjusted their portfolios accordingly. "Times of immense [turmoil] can be times of great ingenuity, promise and opportunity," he said. It comes as Morningstar releases its latest report on the emerging trends and ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... held up well." He believes Chinese equities will continue to be an investment opportunity going forward. "China has been a great investment opportunity for several years now and remains so," Isles said. The firm's international fund earned 18% per ...

Chief economist update: Water, water everywhere and not a fish to catch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... Asian financial crisis, Japan's deflation in the early 1990s, the 1987 crash, stagflation in the 70s and, of course, the Great Depression of the 1930s - this too shall pass. It's always darkest before dawn and those with cojones of steel will ...