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What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... couple of funds, while most funds in the category lean on dividends. "Whole equities market is going to be hurt by dividend scale backs, but income-focused funds will be hurt a little more. Balance sheet strength should be front of the mind for new allocations," ...

Will COVID-19 kill the balanced option?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... centre. "The people who can least afford it are actually those with the biggest need, how are we going to serve them at scale AND provide quality advice to them? This is an intractable problem at the moment," Geffin said. "I think the attitude prior ...

BlackRock bullish on China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... implies higher wages and spending," they said. "We also see a boost in healthcare from domestic spending and manufacturing scale and efficiencies in time to market." Whether it is healthcare, consumer, or internet-related areas, the market caps of many ...

COVID-19 to push life premiums up: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... change. New analysis from research house Rice Warner reveals the life insurance sector will be forced to accelerate and scale up changes already underway to the range of products offered in the local market, including higher premiums across retail and ...

Centrepoint executives depart, pay cuts implemented

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... strong financial position, with $8.4 million in cash and no debt, as at March 31. "We are able to share the benefits of our scale by providing some fee relief to our advisers," he said. "Our business is in a robust financial position and our focus is ...

Trillion dollar stimulus debt debated

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... said. "Labor has a responsibility to be constructive and to make sure the government gets this right." He added that the scale of the expenditure is unequaled in Australian history. "We are headed for a trillion dollar debt. It is a bill that will saddle ...

The catalysts for a rebound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... pertains to each country," Eaton Vance said. The third factor will be policy responses. "Governments are ramping up large-scale social distancing, testing and health care infrastructure combined with economic relief," it said. Cirami added that the investment ...

Opportunities in fixed interest during crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... see some really good pockets of opportunity opening up - particularly some of the higher quality companies." On the global scale, investment grade credit is down on average about 5%, hybrids are down 15%, while the high yield market and loans are down ...

SS&C secures platform mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... discretionary account (MDA) arm. According to Xplore chief executive Mike Wright, the firm is confident the cloud-based product can scale to support is planned growth and take care of the entire business. "With GWP, we move closer to becoming 'One Business ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... Microsoft's bundles will win dominant market share over single-use software-as-a-service (SaaS) competitors due to greater scale, greater sales capabilities, simplicity of using one vendor and a superior bundled price versus value proposition," he ...