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COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... referring to the people in those lines - many of them, he said, probably never thought they'd be unemployed. "I think it's pretty clear to most people, if not every person in this country, that the coronavirus is having an impact on our country and ...

Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... to Rice Warner. "I don't see the need to drawdown on the Future Fund because governments can borrow so cheaply, for pretty much less than cost of inflation," Coates said. AMP Capital head of investment strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver says ...

Lonsec recommends PCFM fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... the largest chain restaurant operator in China." Mitchell said those stocks can be bought on multiples which he said "are pretty interesting" given their rates of growth. Part of this story is an excerpt from Financial Standard's latest feature on global ...

Good time to be in managed accounts: IMAP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... portfolio, the impact has not been felt as extremely. "You'd hope that because managed account portfolios are subject to a pretty rigorous investment management process, that the returns in the risk adjusted sense are likely to be superior to less ...

IMAP not anticipating regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... there didn't seem to be an imperative for regulatory change which suggests that the conduct of MDAs have generally been pretty good." Potter said that he believes it is unlikely the regulator will move to take regulatory action in the MDA space at least ...

Hamish Douglass remains confident amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... be?" He said. "We have to smartly think about how are we can participate in that income growth in China in a world that is pretty complex and has a lot of tension in it as well. "We also have to think about the disruption that the world is facing at ...

Macquarie shares halve in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... told Financial Standard financials have been hit here just as much as they have globally. "The bank stocks have been hit pretty hard as the market prices in a low interest rate regime here and across the globe," he said. "Effectively, because of how ...

Sunsuper Labor donations rile Bragg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... relative levels of fees. Again, I would say that Sunsuper is a relatively low-cost provider of superannuation and comes up pretty well on our heat map measures and so that for us, I think is our primary focus. "Are these funds delivering good outcomes ...

Formalising feedback creates trust: HBL Mann Judd

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... staff satisfaction levels across professional service firms. "This does make the business case for investing in your people pretty clear," he said. "Partners who have the empathy and insight and people skills can create the right environment for staff ...

Climate activism not translating to investing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... Australian Stock Exchange said: "We're keen to encourage more renewable companies to list. At the moment, renewables are a pretty small part of our market." CHOICE said fossil fuel-free super is a recent development and, as a result, fees can be ...