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Chief economist update: Worse news is better news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
"I love you more today than yesterday But not as much as tomorrow..." - Spiral Starecase The S&P 500 index closed 0.4% lower to 3374.85 points overnight, failing to push above the previous trading day's record high finish of 3389.78 points... but ...

REITs better value than bonds, equities: LaSalle

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
Global real estate securities are priced competitively compared to asset classes such as equities and bonds, according to a real estate investment specialist with $106.3 billion in global assets under management. Despite the serious headwinds faced ...

How to make sense of reporting season

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
As we reach a third of the way through Australia's reporting season, an advice and stockbroking group has identified three key trends that have so far emerged from the results. Wilsons Advisory noted that many of the companies that have reported thus ...

Challenger boutique managing Nikko strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
Sydney fixed income boutique Ardea Investment Management is now managing a customised strategy for Nikko Asset Management's institutional clients in Japan. Ardea in February began managing a strategy which aims to deliver JPY Libor plus 2% return after ...

MySuper portfolio winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... individual months of negative returns included CareSuper, HESTA, and Statewide Super with eight months of negative returns. Rest, Hostplus, CommBank Group, Club Plus Super, Intrust Super, Sunsuper for Life and Media Super all had nine months of negative ...

Sunsuper announces investment, insurance changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
Sunsuper is making a raft of changes to its investment fees and costs, transactional and operation costs and the definition of Total & Permanent Disability (TPD). Effective 1 July 2020, Sunsuper updated their fees and costs. Overall, the fees and costs ...

Ponzi scheme allegations levelled at Mayfair 101

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
In court documents, ASIC alleged that Mayfair 101's launch of Australian Property Bonds was a last ditch effort by the embattled wealth manager to set up a Ponzi-like scheme. ASIC expressed concerns that Mayfair 101 founder and managing director James ...

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... returns of the S&P 500 it has actually been negative; so you've got that one sector doing particularly well but not the rest of the market in terms of return," he said. "So there are definitely parts of the market that you could consider to be overvalued ...

40% of ERS applicants not eligible: illion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
New research released by illion found that 38% Early Release of Super (ERS) applicants saw no drop in their income during the COVID-19 crisis, as withdrawals surpass $31 billion. The research found that the scheme has continues to drive a huge spending ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... those in the travel, tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors are hardest hit, theseindustries have multiplier effects on the rest of the economy. Banking, insurance, farming (to name a few) and the personnel they employ would be affected. It then becomes ...