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916 advisers gone in three months, ASIC responds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... how we can shape the financial advice sector to future proof it so it can be beneficial to Australians and the broader economy.

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... governments and central banks to push equity markets higher, he said. "Our view is that weakness in economic data just means the economy is weak, and it's not going to get back to where it was in a hurry," Craig said. "That's going to naturally ...

Rest pays out $1bn, calls for policy certainty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... in Australia's recovery and the issues they will face in doing so if dipping into our retirement savings to support the economy becomes a regular occurrence. "It's important that a short-term approach to the current crisis does not create a long-term ...

Financial stress increases despite relaxed conditions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Australians are more financially stressed than they were before the Prime Minister announced plans to restart the nation's economy, according to latest research. The latest wave of the Melbourne Institute's Taking the pulse of the nation survey shows ...

AMP, Pendal launch new managed portfolio

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... offered on a wrap platform in Australia. The portfolio will be guided by three principles: transitioning to a low-carbon economy; avoiding thermal coal, tobacco, gambling, pornography and controversial weapons; and encouraging sustainable social and ...

Former CBA executive nabs industry body lead role

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... financial services sector, will help him chart the ICA's advocacy program to elevate the value of insurance both to our economy and our society." Hall is a multi-award winning corporate affairs professional, and has been recognised with an admission ...

Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Australia's education and tourism sectors. For sure and for certain, this would have negative implications for the Australian economy - China being our premier customer - but we have to get our own house in order first. Recent headlines report of ...

COVID-19 recovery plans must heed climate science

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... technologies that exist today to reach net zero. This might mean rethinking the subsidies offered to certain sectors of the economy, putting additional funding into renewable energy technology or re-shaping our grid." She said, to accelerate this transition ...

Industry funds pulled back to the pack

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... brace for a fundamental rebooting of the superannuation landscape." Elkins said the industry would return to a shaken economy when Australia emerges from the pandemic, and she fears some funds may suffer significant value downgrades as a result. "Funds' ...

Proceed with caution: Janus Henderson

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... response to the Federal Reserve's (Fed) first round of quantitative easing and other programs aimed at supporting the economy," he said. "While investors welcomed these moves, it can be argued that some took their eye off the ball and didn't fully grasp ...