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Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
An inquiry into the quality of audits has fallen short of recommending the breakup of the largest four vertically integrated accounting firms in a bid to combat conflicts of interest. The Regulation of Auditing in Australia: Final Report, tabled in ...

Rest climate case dismissed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... today but Justice Perram ordered that by consent the case was to be dismissed. McVeigh and Rest have been ordered to each bear their own legal costs. McVeigh was never seeking financial compensation from his super fund, instead asking Rest to make certain ...

Cash no longer king

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... iShares S&P/ASX200 ETF was the top ETF by inflows over the last two weeks, followed by BetaShares Australian Equities Strong Bear.

Fees should reflect investor skill: AB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... take eight years to get back those losses. "It's important to know what you can and can't forecast and understand that the bear case for highest-risk assets is not always the case with bull assets," she said. "There is a place for meaningful allocation ...

Millennials jump on COVID-19 volatility

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Millennial investors have been undeterred by market volatility due to COVID-19, according to new research conducted by Calastone. The results of a survey of people in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, UK, US and Germany, found a correlation between ...

UK pensions to factor in climate change risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... trillion of investments. Pension scheme trustees are entrusted with our savings and finances for retirement - investments that bear fruit in 10, 20, 30, 40 years' time," Coffey said. "So it is only right that they take into account the long-term financial ...

AMP does not treat advisers fairly: Poll

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
A new poll has revealed widespread disappointment in AMP's treatment of its aligned financial advisers in renegotiating Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) agreements. Financial Standard polled roughly 250 people in the financial services industry, asking them ...

Investors will be forced into equities: DeepData Analytics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... returns." So far this year global markets have seen wild swings of volatility, including the US S&P500 which saw the shortest bear market on record as Wall Street reacted to the outbreak of COVID-19. Since March lows, markets have rebounded to pre-COVID ...

Advisers more bearish than clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
This year is the first time financial advisers have been less optimistic than retail investors, with advisers only anticipating capital gains of 1.3% over the next 12 months from local shares. That's according to the latest data from Investment Trends ...

S&P 500 rebounds from COVID-losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... massive COVID-19-related losses that have rocked global markets. The index closed above its February high, marking the shortest bear market in history, surging around 55% since March lows. Daily FX strategist Margaret Yang said interestingly the majority ...