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Asset devaluation continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... The funds private equity and venture capital investments have also been devalued, for similar considerations, by 15% on average. In a letter the fund reassured its members and investors that it is doing everything it can in the current circumstances. ...

Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... portfolio manager, Todd Kellenberger. "The impact on the office sector will vary by country, depending on the length of average lease periods and how long the lock-downs continue," he said. "There will be tenants that don't survive this, it's ...

Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... at the moment," Lonsec head of listed product Peter Green says. Australian fixed income ETFs were trading at -2.87% of average discount at March 23 close, compared to all of previous year where the trading price was 0.12% higher than the underlying portfolio's ...

Bigger balances, bigger blow: Elia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Speaking to Financial Standard, Hostplus chief executive David Elia has said it's the super funds with higher average account balances that should be worried about the impact of the early release scheme. Hitting back at public commentary suggesting ...

How PYS changes caused 34% premium hikes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... actuarial and financial risk Platon Chris predicted at the time that group life insurance premiums could increase by an average of 26% across the industry. At the high end of the spectrum, insurance premiums for WA Super members rose by as much as 60% ...

Multi-asset results mixed in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... balanced index yet returned negative 17.45% for the period." Unsurprisingly, growth funds performed relatively worse on average to balanced strategies given their weighting to equities. During the sell-off, performance ranged from -14.27% to -22.65% ...

COVID-19 will increase demand for advice: Survey

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... working from home. "Despite current conditions, when asked about their current sentiment, 77% of advisers said it was average to good," Allan Gray said in a statement. The advisers were asked questions on their preferred method and frequency of communication ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... months. January of this year, with Australia's bushfires at the front of the public's mind, saw four times the average traffic to the super comparison tool. "We've also seen a significant increase in the number of super fund members using ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... rising 2.7% in the first hour of trade. Despite cases of COVID-19 in the US lifting to 161,807, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 3.2% overnight, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq lifted 3.4% and 3.6% respectively. Europe also had a strong session ...

Super fund warns self-employed of early release risks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... savings at all and retire with 50% less super than those who are not self-employed. That same ASFA research found that the average super balance of a self-employed 30 year old was just $25,000. A 40-year-old self-employed person has an average balance ...