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Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... will take Australia from a small surplus to a deficit of about $130 billion in FY20 ($91 billion of stimulus payments, and lower revenue from tax receipts). FY21 could be higher with $200 billion in deficit, owing to another $101 billion in stimulus ...

Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... return (NTA) and the shareholder return {unit price) tends to be +/- 15% in a year but over five years, it can be a lot lower at around +/- 5%." Higgins also thinks the discounts in fixed income ETFs are nothing to worry about for long-term investors ...

Return of the king

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... cheaper, the risk has come down with it. "Even though volatility is high, the actual risk of owning equities is actually lower than it was a couple of months ago," Doyle said. "It's a shame that it has to come about in this way because you have seen ...

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

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... "FirstChoice WS Balanced had almost identical returns to the Morningstar growth index during the COVID-19 sell-off despite both lower equity exposure and higher cash holding," it said. "Conversely, Schroder Strategic Growth has long been positioned defensively ...

Vanguard launches simplified investment platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... invest in the firm's Australian-listed ETFs brokerage free, in a move Vanguard said is aligned to its "ongoing commitment" to lower the cost of investing. The platform will charge investors 0.2% of their total account balance annually, up to a maximum ...

Challenger shuffles life portfolio asset allocations

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
Challenger Life has tilted its investment portfolio away from equities and sub-investment grade fixed income and towards more liquid assets, as COVID-19 sparks volatility in most asset classes. Challenger Life has slashed equity holdings from 13% of ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... already facing unemployment. These funds now face a series of challenges at once: their members are likely to be young with lower balances, may be facing unemployment and are likely to be eligible to access $10,000 from their super this year under the ...

Will COVID-19 infect mortgages and RMBS?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... optimistic, predicting -3.50% GDP and 11.1% unemployment. Others, like Citi and Goldman Sachs think unemployment could be lower - 8.4% and 8.5% respectively. "The epicentre of job losses is in services," Andrews said. "And these jobs are essential to ...

SMSFs in flashback to 2008

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... percentages withdrawal factors are at 2008 levels. "I had several SMSF clients in 2008 in the GFC and some of them used the lower pension payments to help with cash flow in the fund and it also meant that they didn't have to sell down any low priced ...

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... of 5% either up or down after such an event, but in 1988 after a month moves normalised even though market kept creeping lower until 10 February 1988." This time may prove to be quite different, as there are currently no signs the market is set to steady. ...