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ERS will impact those who didn't access super: REST

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
The effects of the government's Early Release of Superannuation scheme could result in a 25 basis point loss for those who didn't take advantage of the scheme, according to REST chief executive Vicki Doyle. Speaking at the FINSIA Future of Super webinar ...

Contango dumps investment strategy, opens raise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... manager of the fund, Contango Funds Management, is proposing to move away from Australian mid-cap equities and into a long short global and emerging markets equities strategy managed by US-based WCM Investment Management. In addition, CIE has opened ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... for asset managers in the current environment is inflationary risk, bfinance said. "While reduced demand for goods in the short-to-medium term will dampen inflation, there are fears of an inflationary scenario in which central banks are unable to hike ...

SME insolvencies set to increase

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
The signs of resilience from small to medium enterprises (SMEs) may be short lived when government support starts to taper off leading to higher numbers of insolvencies, according to CreditorWatch. The number of SMEs defaulting on payments fell by 13.2% ...

Finance employees remain fearful

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... to +23 in July. "Their confidence in their company's long-term outlook has been slowly decreasing for a while; now, their short-term confidence has also plummeted," LinkedIn said.

Emerging market debt rebounds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... critical role of country-level analysis, investment flexibility, geographically and in terms of risk factors and balancing short- medium- and long-term factors." Godfrey said fundamental analysis is always critical, but all the more so in a period of ...

Boutique launches multi-asset fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... Neutral asset allocation will be 60% defensive assets and 40% growth assets. The fund is permitted to obtain leverage via short selling (set at maximum 10% of gross asset value) or derivatives. It is managed by David Lewis (also the deputy chief investment ...

Rejigging retirement income: First Sentier Investors

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... lifting as rates have come down." He went on to explain the attraction of equities as a long term solution can be lost if short term needs are prioritised;"Investors can make mistakes over-focusing on income in a lower return environment. Look beyond ...

Link Group hires new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... global search, Link said. Link will pay Bhatia $1.3 million in fixed annual remuneration (base pay and superannuation). His short-term incentives will target 100% of the fixed annual pay, while long-term incentives will be 150% of it (subject to shareholder ...

Tax impacting super fund investment strategies: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... portfolio evolutionary chain can require a fund to write a cheque to the Tax Office," it said. "This tax bill too often cuts short or delays what should be a natural, healthy process of superannuation equity portfolio evolution." The research said this ...