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No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... world war starts, but once it is declared the markets also react with volatility," he said. "Every asset class, across the board is reacting to the upcoming slowdown as a result of this 'social distancing'; the market is trying to figure out ...

Super scammers pose as authorities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... bodies including the "National Review Team", "Advisory Committee", "Superannuation Compliance", and "National Superannuation Board". An ACCC spokesperson said "scammers have used a variety of excuses to request information about superannuation accounts" ...

Sargon trustee businesses sale expected soon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... Meanwhile, Madison Financial Group's sale is expected to complete in April. "Once the results of the sale become known the board will make a further announcement on the application of these funds and capital management plans," OVH said in company filings. ...

Super fund merger delayed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
Two industry super funds have pushed back the date for their merger due to the COVID-19 global crisis. Tasplan and MTAA Super were initially scheduled to merge on 1 October 2020, but have now extended the timeline to finalise the deal until 31 March ...

RBA expands stimulus measures to states

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... buying $13 billion worth of securities in Australian government bonds. The "comprehensive package" agreed by the Reserve Bank board last week included targeting a yield on three-year Australian government bonds of around 0.25%, launching a term funding ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... Alibaba, Tencent and Kweichow Moutai which are trading at really high multiples, but we're still not seeing across the board sentiment in China. "A lot of value orientated sectors, or old economy sectors, are still lagging those high growth areas ...

Calls for super release to borrow from RBA

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... repos would need to be at a zero interest rate, to match the zero interest rate being paid by members." Davis, who is also a board member of Superannuation Consumers Australia, argued a zero interest rate would not be "unreasonable" considering the current ...

Industry fund boss exits

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... time in the top job, including the doubling in its size. "With Media Super's small investment team and supported by our board, Graeme has been instrumental in single-mindedly recommending strategies - and executing them - to push our performance ...

AMP director retires

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... announced the retirement of another director, as the beleaguered financial services powerhouse continues to shake-up its board as part of a three-year transformational strategy. Andrew Harmos will retire from AMP on May 8 to dedicate his time to his ...

Platforms maintain cash rate on RBA cut

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... to the many other areas of regulatory focus, fee for service (or lack thereof) in my mind should be reviewed across the board," Bernasconi said. A spokesperson for Colonial First State told Financial Standard members of its FirstWrap platform receive ...