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Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... or foreboding on the long-term potential of their investment portfolio. Rainmaker Information's head of investment research John Dyall said that while the ratio cannot be used to forecast market downturns - "at least not in a way that you could reliably ...

Young-old wealth gap widest in 18 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Counting on your children's lives being better than yours? It's not a given as a new Actuaries Institute report finds the relative wealth and wellbeing of 25 to 34 year olds is the lowest in 18 years. The Actuaries Institute's publication ...

Industry veterans launch dealer group

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... paper-based administrative and compliance work. Its APL is also "very agnostic", El Shammaa said, and uses Morningstar research and an investment committee chaired by Walker to guide the products and solutions offered by the group. In terms of pricing ...

40% of ERS applicants not eligible: illion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
New research released by illion found that 38% Early Release of Super (ERS) applicants saw no drop in their income during the COVID-19 crisis, as withdrawals surpass $31 billion. The research found that the scheme has continues to drive a huge spending ...

Wealthy Aussies panic buy life insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... life insurance products as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic despite low trust in the providers, according to the latest research from GlobalData. The analytics and data firm's 2020 Global Wealth Managers Survey revealed 88% of wealth managers reported ...

Sales, reporting top buy-side pandemic struggles

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... sell-side firms struggled most with trading and risk functions. FIS, which commissioned Longitude Partners to conduct the research, found the top concerns varied at sell-side and buy-side firms. The survey asked the participants how challenging it was ...

K2 Asset Management reports loss

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... to build a path for sustainable revenue," it said in a statement. K2 this year hired George Boubouras as the head of research. It also flagged recently established relationships with Principal Funds Management, Odyssey Asset Management and Paua Wealth ...

Top performing Aussie equity funds unveiled

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... Fund came in second at 16.7% and the Lincoln Wholesale Australian Growth Fund at 16.6%. Rainmaker executive director, research and compliance Alex Dunnin said: "The results show that fund managers are very efficient at running Australian equities, exceeding ...

Super fees hit record lows: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
Fees across all super fund types dropped to record lows last financial year, according to a recent study conducted by Rainmaker. The key finding of a review of 2720 products offered by 169 super funds, super fees came in at a total of $29.6 billion ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... quarter of the year in a bid to ride the equity rally, but risk aversion still remains high. That's according to new research from institutional specialist consultant bfinance, which found many investors are still in "wait and see" mode. Multi-asset ...