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Chief economist update: Lock us down Scotty!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... is bad? Just wait until all buyers disappear, consumed by a tiny speck of micro-organism. Remember Murphy's Law? "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". Monetary and Keynesian stimulus measures, and governments nationalising banks and other financial ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... developed markets." Australian investors have suffered heavy losses during the COVID-19 sell-off, as they race to sell anything and everything to generate liquidity. "Australian investors have seen the domestic bourse among the hardest hit in Australian ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." This quote, attributed to Alice Roosevelt Longworth - daughter of former US President Teddy Roosevelt - had me struggling on whether or not to submit my daily rant for today. ...

All-tech index offers new opps in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... ASX200 is made up of tech companies. Majority operate in the financials and mining sectors. But if industry megatrends are anything to go by, technology companies will take up more market share, benefitting investors who jump in early. The companies ...

Advice complaints low: AFCA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... significant number of cases. About 29% of complaints in the category were resolved by financial firms without AFCA having to do anything. Failure to follow instructions or agreements was the most complained about issue in the category but Donald said ...

McGrathNicol launches cyber protection tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... "multiple sources" at each device on an organisation's network, allowing the business to take a "risk-based" view of anything alarming. It also collects evidence in real-time, ensuring evidence isn't lost in the time between an issue occurring and being ...

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... are your Bubs, your Blackmores, and your A2 Milks, that tend to be fairly sensitive to what's going on in China. "Anything that is really tied back to the movement in people; travel companies, airlines, are probably the most conspicuous areas of ...

Value disconnect damages adviser relationships

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... metrics and research findings show that the interpersonal aspect of advice may have more impact on a person's finances than anything else." This includes services like behavioural coaching and personalised financial advice. "As investors, emotions can ...

New MySuper outcomes tool set for release

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... we've put all those disclaimers on there and done it the way we have," he said. "It's much more interactive than anything before it, including the heat map. We know that there is considerable interest in government and at a political level on ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... bonds to do what they have done and for equities to start from extended valuations, then low returns are inevitable. "If anything goes wrong, and there is a long list of things that could go wrong, we could see a pretty decent shake out and quite a bit ...