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A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic could lead emerging markets to lose the last decade in progress, as the world sinks deeper into a global recession far worse than the Global Financial Crisis. That's according to State Street Global Advisors head of global ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... of those who have had to access Centrelink due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be on these payments for the long term. "I worry about children having to move schools or simply not participating in social activities such as trips because of the family's ...

Not the time to sell products

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... what the problem was. We've taken the same approach to this pandemic. What you discover is that it's health first. I worry about my financial future once I get a greater degree of confidence around what this means to me and my health. "And so the ...

Super fund temporarily cuts fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... are feeling an enormous amount of pressure, and it's our hope that this small measure can give them one less thing to worry about." Venkatesan said the fund's various savings tools allowed members to continue to contribute to their retirement ...

Super funds face penalties over early release failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... ABC News Breakfast whether he was worried that 360,000 people were already trying to access their super. "No, it doesn't worry us," Cormann said. "It is easily feasible for superannuation funds to release some of that cash to its owners to help Australians ...

Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Gone are the days of 'business as usual' with Australia's capital cities and skyscrapers empty and its employees now working from the comfort (and safety) of their homes. But what impact will this have on our real estate investments? Prior ...

Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... 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 but those looking to make a change should avoid acting irrational. "If you don't have to ...

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... outbreak of an unknown pandemic could not be anticipated. Ilya Spivak, Daily FX head strategist for APAC said part of the worry is that the global economy was only just starting to show signs of recovery post-GFC. "What we have now is intense worry about ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... "Interestingly, Chinese growth and defensive stocks have remained reasonably priced, investors tending in recent years to worry about industrial slowdown, financial reform and the trade war, and even giants like Tencent do not fully reflect their potential ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... credit instruments at the moment, and many of them say: 'look I completely understand there is more risk here, but don't worry I'll get out of the way before it goes wrong'," he said. "It reminds me of the story of Cinderella; they're all at the ball ...