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Plan for the worst, hope for the best

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Wilson Asset Management's Geoff Wilson has encouraged investors to plan for the worst and hope for the best as central bank liquidity props up equity markets. However, he warns, "hope is not a strategy", and recommends investors accept that things ...

Australia approaches fiscal cliff: UBS

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... but we remain far less negative than the Australian Treasury & RBA expecting ~-15% q/q. "Indeed, if wages continue to surprise to the upside ahead then consumption could too."

Culture is key in a crisis: Australian Ethical

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
Culture plays the most significant role in risk management during a crisis, according to the chief risk officer of the nearly $4 billion super fund and investment manager. Speaking over the phone for the Governance Institute of Australia's virtual governance ...

COVID-19 creates case for robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
After ASIC issued a stark warning to people using retail broking services to try their hand at day trading, robo-advice services and financial advisers say this is why financial support needs to be accessible. ASIC observed an average of 4675 new identifiers ...

Asset consultant expands into retail market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
JANA said it will be expanding its service offering to financial advice and private wealth firms in response to the needs of the "growing and evolving" sector. Speaking with Financial Standard JANA chief executive Jim Lamborn said the move is in response ...

Colonial First State closes global fund

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... by Cash Flow Quality signals," Acadian said. "Growth factors generated modest positive contributions, led by Earnings Surprise Predictors measures. "Value was a headwind, with Price-to-Intrinsic Income and Price-to-Intrinsic Asset underperforming. However ...

Markets react as antiviral drug disappoints

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
News that a highly anticipated antiviral drug hoped to treat COVID-19 had flopped in human trials saw markets fall overnight. Originally reported by the Financial Times, the publisher said Gilead Sciences antiviral drug remdesivir did not reduce the ...

500 advisers exit during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows that just shy of 500 financial advisers have left the industry in the last two months. From 27 February 2020 to 23 April 2020 the ASIC FAR dropped from 23,226 advisers (excluding time share ...

Will COVID-19 kill the balanced option?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
As consumers saw their superannuation balances nosedive when the COVID-19 pandemic began wreaking havoc on the market, many were surprised to learn their retirement savings weren't quite as safe as they thought, reigniting the debate around 'balanced' ...

Super should shape up on unlisted valuations: WTW

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... nothing new; investors had to consider whether to devalue these assets during the Global Financial Crisis. "But what may surprise some is that there is very little consistency in the way Australian super funds and other unlisted asset owners manage the ...