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ASIC delivers thinly veiled warning

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... regulator said. "Some are also backed by concentrated portfolios of higher risk unlisted and illiquid assets." Low interest rates and market volatility may be driving consumers to seek such alternatives, ASIC fears. The regulator made no specific mention ...

Cbus ready to deploy cash

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... over 2020, increase its strategic asset allocation to infrastructure and other assets it saw benefiting from lower interest rates. It had made the first part of that change when COVID-19 arrived. It entered the downturn 6% underweight unlisted assets ...

Pinnacle boutique launches Cayman fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... has so far been available as an Australian unit trust but will now be available as a Cayman fund. The strategy invests in rates, FX and equities and was previously only available through an Australian unit trust. It is run by a former Morgan Stanley ...

QSuper not to appeal AFCA win

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... overpaid premiums from QSuper for about two and a half years because he had been eligible for lower "professional" occupational rates that the fund introduced on 1 July 2016. QSuper refused to refund Lam, saying on 27 May 2016, it sent Lam sufficient ...

Industry fund swaps insurers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... will cost $0.925 per unit per week for death cover, while weekly general cover for both death and TPD will be $1.459. These rates are slightly lower for white collar workers or professionals, as $0.740 per week for a unit of death cover, and $1.179 both ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... world economy in recession, it will actually be a positive for businesses as they begin to recover, he argued. "Interest rates will also assist recovery and will stay lower for longer, possibly for years to come," Xiradis said. He recommends investors ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... strong labor market, and inflation near our symmetric 2% objective." In other words... the Fed is done cutting interest rates. This optimism is consistent with the December 2019 dot plot of FOMC participants' assessment of appropriate monetary policy ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... uncertain environment they sure could be. These credit products are issued by governments and companies, and offer higher rates of return to investors, albeit with heightened risk. In a world of low government bond yields (some below negative) and low ...

Is it really as bad as it seems?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... safe haven assets, portfolio diversification and volatility insurance will be increasingly important for investors. "As rates remain lower for even longer, securities that can offer sustainable income even under tougher conditions will also become increasingly ...

Top adviser queries revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... coronavirus supplement. Advisers have also been questioning how partner income impacts an applicant's social security payment rates, Day said. "Since the first economic stimulus package on March 12, the government has been making significant additional ...