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Not at the bottom, yet: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
Retail investors believe the market has further to fall before it hits the bottom, yet remain optimistic about the future. Latest Investment Trends research shows retail investors hold a positive view of the future, despite feeling that we haven't yet ...

Super fund temporarily cuts fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
A superannuation fund designed for women has halved the fees of new and existing members who find themselves jobless as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to protect the super savings of its members, FairVine Super has launched the FairGo ...

A coronavirus-bitten cat bounce?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... investors everywhere - from New York to Rio and ol' London town - underscored by the surge on Wall Street overnight. All major US benchmark equity indices rocketed: DJIA by 7.7%; S&P 500 by 7.0%, Nasdaq composite by 7.3%; Russell 2000 by 8.2%. Again ...

COVID-19 sparks renewed fight for commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic slowdown has spurred a fight among financial advisers to retain commissions, amid news big institutions are turning them off earlier than the law requires. The Association of Independent Financial Professionals ...

US faces deepest recession on record

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... totalling between 16-20 million in the next two months. "The pain is unlikely to subside quickly as many states have reported major backlogs of applications," Meyer said. "The staggering job losses could send the unemployment rate as high as 15.6%, much ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... unprecedented surge in premature deaths of vulnerable citizens, it would be ill-advised to ignore a whole series of other major thematic challenges, that themselves, are equally going to create huge pressure on the system and potential costs to life," ...

Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... past few years what we have seen is a series of events that resulted in price reductions due to oversupply of units in many major cities, followed by the credit restrictions on local and foreign investors and then the potential changes to negative gearing ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... do a lot more stuff online. So it speeds up some of the secular changes." According to Mitchell, one of the crisis' major impacts will be to speed up some of the secular shifts the fund thought to be in play already, including the way people shop ...

Bigger balances, bigger blow: Elia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Speaking to Financial Standard, Hostplus chief executive David Elia has said it's the super funds with higher average account balances that should be worried about the impact of the early release scheme. Hitting back at public commentary suggesting ...

Super fighting a war on three fronts: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... appropriate, though said KPMG doesn't take a particular view on the issue. Finally, KPMG highlights insurance in super as the third major issue facing the sector, referencing the issues posed by pandemic exclusions within group insurance policies which ...