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AAA rating holds on by a thread

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... Additionally, fiscal deficits are expected to grow for both state and Commonwealth governments as a result of the discretionary fiscal measures and economic contraction. "Fitch forecasts Australia's gross general government debt will jump to around 60% ...

GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... biggest sectors were IT (about 36% of the portfolio), health care (24.3%) and communication services and consumer discretionary (both over 11%). "Over our 40 year history, GMO has learnt that investing in top quality companies with durable business models ...

Real estate manager launches fresh fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... Elanor said. The 3.7 hectare site features a "strongly performing" Coles supermarket, as well as 45 specialty non-discretionary focused goods and services retailers. The shopping centre also boasts a prime location, superior car parking and a significant ...

Lifespan adds MDAs to BT Panorama

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Lifespan Financial Planning has launched 30 managed discretionary account model portfolios on BT Panorama. The portfolios will be available to Lifespan's advisers who use BT Panorama. Lifespan has over 250 advisers, the company said. The offering includes ...

Managed accounts inch to $80bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... the period. Funds under management increased $420 million from the December 2019 figure of $79.29 billion. Managed discretionary account services (MDAs) take the lion's share of FUM with $35.28 billion followed by separately managed accounts (SMAs) ...

Advice too expensive, hard to access: FPA

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... Australians took action to protect their personal finances from the impact of COVID-19, including reducing their discretionary spending (63.5%), reducing spending on essentials (47.8%), cancelling memberships (36.7%), seeking additional work (16.9%) ...

Boutique launches Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... Lendlease and IPH. By sector, its highest weighting is to financials (21.9% of the fund), industrials (16.6%), consumer discretionary (16.1%), communication services (12.83%) and real estate and materials (about 10.6% each). It had no utilities or information ...

ASIC delays RG97 again

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... of investment life insurance products, and operators of investor directed portfolio services (IDPSs) and managed discretionary account (MDA) services. "Trustees can choose to opt-in to the regime from 30 September 2020 for PDSs and 1 July 2020 for periodic ...

Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... Robinhood investors of today adopting the same mentality, putting their money in gaming, technology and consumer discretionary companies they know and trust. Furthermore, the booming tech and consumer discretionary sectors are being buoyed by investors ...

Cromwell sells SA asset at premium

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... "They have drawn increasing attention in the current environment due to domestic consumer demand and the rise in non-discretionary retailing," Iuliano said. "Industrial assets with strong underlying leasing covenants in close proximity to major infrastructure ...