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Super funds called out over liquidity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... and other entities are held publicly accountable. However, the banks are fully occupied in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic," Wilson said. "Therefore, it is prudent to defer the hearings until the situation improves. "The deferral of the hearings ...

TAL hits back at rumour mill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... Financial Standard reported that TAL, along with MLC, had updated some policies for new customers in relation to the global pandemic. At the time a TAL spokesperson told Financial Standard : "TAL continues to provide cover in the event of a claim for ...

Banks throw more businesses a lifeline

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... contracts. ABA chief executive Anna Bligh said the changes will help larger small businesses come out the other side of the pandemic. "As this crisis has deepened and more businesses are affected we are building on the small business relief package to ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... age range, the likes of Hostplus, Club Plus and Rest are likely to be some of those hit hardest by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with many, especially those in the hospitality industry, already facing unemployment. These funds now face a series of challenges ...

Will COVID-19 infect mortgages and RMBS?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
The current market corrections caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent shutdowns have sparked warnings from some not to forget the lessons of 2008 - especially, don't underestimate mortgage defaults. Thomas J. Barrack, a US private equity ...

SMSFs in flashback to 2008

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... some deja-vu, as the same measures that were used in 2008 have been brought in to guide the sector through the COVID-19 pandemic. Terry Pinnell, chair of the Ethical Advisers' Co-op, wrote to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last week to ask him to institute ...

Trust in advisers lifts as pandemic fear ensues

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... with financial advisers in other groups, told us their adviser was their primary source of truth for information on the pandemic, suggesting many see their adviser as a 'life coach' in moments that matter, like now," he said. "MLC's enduring ...

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... 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 worry is that the global economy ...

AFCA updates approach amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... customers. AFCA has established a COVID-19 support line to ensure a prioritised service is provided to those impacted by the pandemic. The hotline (1800 337 444) was opened on Tuesday. "AFCA has activated its significant event response plan that identifies ...

No evidence of fear-driven withdrawals so far: Fiducian

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... its shareholders that none of its investors or superannuation members have been disadvantaged so far amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Work is currently ongoing for the acquisition of new financial advisory client bases and new franchised offices, Fiducian ...