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How to lose a mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... swelling or drying of the assets in the strategy (42%). Surprisingly, institutional investors were not spooked-out by bad press stories on their mandated managers. Unflattering press coverage only had a 37% likelihood of landing a manager in an external ...

Pro-bono advice program for bushfire affected launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
Financial advisers wishing to lend a helping hand to those impacted by the ongoing bushfire crisis can now sign up to be a part of the Financial Planning Association of Australia and Association of Financial Advisers joint pro-bono advice program. The ...

Lowe snaps back at critics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... decision to cut interest rates last year dented consumer confidence and impacted weak consumer growth. Speaking at the National Press Club, Lowe said that while he understands having rates at very low levels has unsettled some people, he does not accept ...

ISA reaffirms stance on super guarantee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
ISA said too many Australians, particularly women, are retiring without enough super and the increase to 12% is central to fixing the problem. "ISA analysis shows more than eight million Australians could be worse off in retirement if the super rate ...

Retail funds outperform, but industry funds dominate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
Latest research shows retail super funds hit back in 2019, outperforming industry super funds across the year as impact of a tough final quarter in 2018 begins to fade. New analysis from Rainmaker published by SelectingSuper shows retail super funds ...

Uncertainty remains for global outlook: TCorp

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
TCorp is not anticipating a significant fiscal boost for Australia this year, listing a number of US factors as key issues for the global economy in 2020. New research from the investment and financial management firm lists the key factors that are ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
The stats are out and they reveal that Australia's inflation genie is still inside Aladdin's lamp. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index report showed headline inflation inched to 1.8% in the year to the December ...

Future Fund returns 14.3% for the year

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
Australia's $168 billion sovereign wealth fund returned 14.3% last year, while warning that future returns will be lower. Future Fund left its allocations largely unchanged during the year, only taking away marginally from most asset classes to ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... short-term risk of the rapidly spreading virus. "As of today, the big short-term risk would be the coronavirus," Costello told a press conference in Melbourne. "We don't know how far that will spread, we don't know what it will do to the tourism ...

Fraudulent adviser cops ban, jail time

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... accountant, who misled his clients and misused their funds for the benefit of his own business," ASIC commissioner Danielle Press said. "Accountants and financial advisers are in a position of trust. As demonstrated in this case, ASIC is prepared to ...