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World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... their stimulus packages to cushion the economic burden. The largest, unsurprisingly, was US President Donald Trump's "go big" strategy, announcing a US$1 trillion plan with $250 billion for direct cheques to the American people. Following the Federal ...

Colonial First State ups cash for Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
Colonial First State is temporarily allowing three of its Australian equities funds to hold more cash than their investment mandates, as the ASX 200 reported its worst day ever yesterday. The $2.9 billion Colonial First State Wholesale Geared Share ...

Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
"Hush, little baby don't say a word Papa's gonna buy you a mocking bird..." Perhaps, a throwback to my childhood but the lullaby applies to the different stages governments around the planet - culminating in total lockdown of their borders - ...

Financial regulators poised for action

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... kicking off the action, using its market integrity powers to limit the amount of trades allowed to be executed each day by the big players in the equity market. Directions issued under its market integrity rules will reduce the number of trades allowed ...

Major industry events cancelled amid pandemic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... Conference of Major Superannuation Funds has been cancelled or postponed along with a number of the financial services sectors big events, including charity fundraiser FICAP. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has cancelled the annual ...

REITs resilient in face of virus: Principal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... - construction supply chains." Yoong said delays are going to hit A-REITS and property once current stocks are "used up". "Big high-rise developments in particular will be affected, because taller office towers and apartments use lifts and bathroom fittings ...

Pension fund chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
The chief executive of one of the United States' largest pension funds is set to retire after 18 years in the top job. Jack Ehnes, chief executive of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has announced his will retire later this ...

Advisers too time-poor for cash management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... valuable and both clients and advisors are keen for it, but at the moment it's not happening. Therefore we see that as a big opportunity for advisors to step into," McArdle said. "62% of people in that 30 to 44 year old bracket, they are most likely ...

Fee cuts hack at fund manager margins

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Fee cuts are eating into fund managers' operating margins, sending them to post-GFC levels, according to new research from Deloitte unit Casey Quirk. Publically listed managers' operating margins tumbled an average of 5.2% annually over the ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Trump has taken to Twitter once again, this time, to slam the Federal Reserve and its chair Jerome Powell. The tweets follow a tumultuous start to the week for markets, with the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffering their worst day in a decade on ...