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Super switching three times higher: CFS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
New data from Colonial First State (CFS) found switches by super members were three times the usual rate in March as Australians moved their super to cash in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data found 39% of those that switched their super moved ...

FPA launches new ROA solution template

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has launched a digital version of the Record of Advice (ROA) solution 'template' to support members who have been inundated with requests for advice, following the strong demand for early super access. ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone good news to get worse before it gets better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
Recent indications - slowing rate of infections and deaths -- that the Eurozone has passed the peak of its coronavirus pandemic - has member nations either planning to or have already gently eased lockdown and social distancing restrictions, among them ...

Early release of super numbers revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
Australians have withdrawn $1.3 billion of superannuation in just the first week of new early release rules to help those suffering financial hardship as a result of COVID-19. Funds have paid a total of 162,879 early release applications so far out ...

Chief economist update: Labor Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... problem so it would go away. Still, the US economy contracted at a 4.8% annualised rate in the March 2020 quarter - before the mid-March isolation and "shelter in place" restrictions were put in place, But if you think a 4.8% annualised rate of contraction ...

Adviser bans fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... Update along with an outline of its enforcement strategy for 2020. However, ASIC recalibrated its regulatory priorities in mid-April to focus on challenges created by the COVID-19 crisis and any highly significant or urgent matters. ASIC deputy chair ...

Private asset consultant makes global hire

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... the secondary market, leveraging the firm's primary platform and existing relationships, particularly in the global small to mid cap space. He will focus on finding and executing secondary investment opportunities and managing general partner relationships. ...

A case for flexible asset allocation: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
Investment managers with fixed multi-asset allocations may have been better served by a flexible approach during the COVID-19 crisis. That's according to First Sentier Investors, who argue a flexible, dynamic multi-asset approach to investing can ...

Industry fund redeploys executives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... engagement. It marks the seventh change in role Buttigieg has seen in his almost 12 years at the fund, having originally joined in mid-2008 as a claims manager and member services officer. Meanwhile, the fund's head of marketing and brand Astrid Dare ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... are not holding back a Sydney-based boutique's plans to launch a new fund. Contact Asset Management tested its new small/mid cap fund via a paper portfolio for 18 months, before hitting launch in mid-March. The firm is owned by Washington H Soul ...