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Magellan remains cautious, for now

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Sitting on a significant amount of liquidity, Magellan is waiting for a few dominoes to fall before it pulls the trigger and deploys cash from its global and high conviction funds. Having increased the cash balances across both its high conviction and ...

Financial stress increases despite relaxed conditions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Australians are more financially stressed than they were before the Prime Minister announced plans to restart the nation's economy, according to latest research. The latest wave of the Melbourne Institute's Taking the pulse of the nation survey shows ...

How advice can conquer stigma

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
Hostplus' head of advice and financial planning believes providing modules of the comprehensive financial advice model might help to reduce stigmas which stop people from getting help with their finances. Appearing as part of an online panel discussing ...

Industry funds pulled back to the pack

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
New research predicts industry funds are no longer set to dominate the superannuation industry, as COVID-19 changes the race to the top. KPMG's latest Super Insights report shows industry super funds are no longer on track to takeover SMSFs as the biggest ...

Platform to shine light on structured products

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
An investment platform is promising to shine light on the opaque structured product market, helping advisers and their clients understand more about the traditionally exclusive offerings. Local fintech Stropro has launched a new reporting solution designed ...

Powerwrap inks strategic partnership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
Powerwrap is now the global administration partner of a New York based alternative investments platform provider. The Australian platform provider has inked a deal to be administration partner of Qualis Capital. The firm is new on the scene, and plans ...

Challenger launches new retirement tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Challenger has launched a new tool to help retirees and pre-retirees better understand the financial realities of retirement. The annuity provider has today launched Retire with Confidence, a tool designed to help retirees understand how long their ...

FASEA blame game on in earnest

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Both the government and the opposition have been happy to blame one another for the Parliament's failure to pass the FASEA extension bill this week. Was the parliament's failure to pass the FASEA extension a cheap political stunt by the opposition ...

Merging super funds guaranteed tax relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Superannuation funds are set to permanently avoid negative tax outcomes upon merging, after an amendment bill sailed through parliament yesterday. While the FASEA extension stalled yesterday, the parliament successfully shepherded the government's Treasury ...

ESG investing to remain strong through pandemic

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Despite COVID-19 shaking the world to its core, the themes underpinning ESG investing are not about to change, according to a global asset manager. Having destroyed the best laid plans of investors the world over, investment managers are asking how ...