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Behavioural tools to limit losses, fear

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... Instead, if the herd is heading one way, he suggests investors look in the other direction. Loss aversion can also have a major impact on client's financial decisions during a crisis, he said, and can often manifest in markets. Loss aversion dictates ...

Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... they faced is also impacting valuations. For those who are looking to sell, Tynan said it remains the case that those in a major city will have an easier time finding a buyer. "Again, the cities are easier to get things away because you have more buyers," ...

ASIC secures $160m in remediation over junk credit insurance

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
ASIC has announced it has secured $160 million in remediation for consumers sold junk credit insurance from 11 major banks and lenders between 2011 and 2018. These include offerings from ANZ, Australian Central Credit Union, Bank of Queensland, Bendigo ...

Mudslinging over FASEA extension continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... withdrew the bill as a result of Labor's amendment. "If the Assistant Minister can't manage to get a bill supported by both major parties through the Senate, she has no one to blame but herself," Jones said. "If the Minister has taken the decision to ...

Processes are the problem, not people: Count Financial

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
The majority of the problems faced by practices in delivering advice efficiently can be attributed to process issues not people, according to Count Financial. Countplus acquired the Count Financial from the Commonwealth Bank late last year for just ...

Hedge funds rally in April, but YTD still bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
New data has revealed that hedge funds around the globe staged a recovery in April, with a positive aggregate return of more than 5%. It follows a disappointing March, with almost all the hedge funds tracked by a global database and analytics tool in ...

Australia facing largest ever GDP fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... of cuts and the likely subsequent price increase. They are taking advantage of the lower entry points now before the next major rally," Green said. "In addition, those with savings in the bank are already getting no return thanks to the ultra-low interest ...

IFM cuts carbon footprint from Aussie infra assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
IFM Investors' local infrastructure assets, which include Ausgrid, major airports, ports and toll roads, cut their carbon footprint by 7.9% in the year ending June 2019. The industry-superannuation-owned fund manager started reporting its infrastructure ...

Majority of ERS applications from low balance accounts: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
Over 70% of ERS applications have come from members with account balances with less than $50,000, according to analysis from AMP. AMP said members working in the hospitality, arts, recreation, manufacturing and wholesale trade industries had highest ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... market, as investors don't want to be on the wrong side of a recovery holding onto challenged business models." There is a major risk that there will be a second wave of COVID-19, forcing businesses to close their doors once again, he said. "There ...