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Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... relatively well thanks to their weighting to emerging markets. "While the strong performance of a "growth" strategy may surprise, Stewart Investors has benefited from a high cash position, an overweight to emerging markets, and a bias to quality defensive ...

Hermes handbags an emerging asset class for UHNWs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... survey reveal that most UHNWIs are planning to retain or increase their allocations to luxury collectibles, which is no surprise with impressive returns on offer," Knight Frank joint national head of private office Sarah Harding said. "Ultra-wealthy ...

Super women: Female-led funds on top

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... company's leadership is, the more laterally thinking, open to new ideas and innovative they seem to be. "It's no surprise then that organisations managed this way achieve better financial performance," he added. Women in Super chief executive ...

Retirement review goes off the rails

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
Superannuation experts are concerned the retirement income review may be getting out of hand, evidenced by numerous stakeholder submissions straying from the consultation guidelines by proposing a complete transformation of the super system. At the ...

ATO clamps down on auditor number misuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
An auditing discussion at the SMSF Association's annual conference turned to the ATO's recent efforts to stamp out SMSFs lying about audits and misusing auditor numbers. Super Sphere director Belinda Aisbett, Elite Super director Katrina Fletcher ...

Value disconnect damages adviser relationships

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... coaching may result in more overall wealth, our research suggests that investors do not see their value. This shouldn't surprise anyone," Morningstar said. "For years, professional financial advice was promoted as a way to beat the market, and while ...

Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... 4319 - or 15.5%. Looking back, Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Phil Kewin told Financial Standard the surprise for many advisers is how what were deemed to be systemic and cultural failures at a corporate level has impacted individual ...

Future Fund chief to lead IFM Investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... advisory council and of the ASIC external advisory committee. Neal's move to IFM comes after Brett Himbury's surprise resignation from IFM Investors in September last year after a decade in the role, during which IFM grew from managing about ...

Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... Mark Todd. Looking into the performance of the major bond funds form the last 12 months, Todd said the figures might surprise investors. "Fund manager performance is as diverse as the strategies they use. Some recent performances could be viewed as surprising ...

What you read in 2019: Superannuation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
The past year has served as the beginning of the superannuation industry's transformation. Yes, recent years have seen nothing but reform after reform, but 2019 has been something different entirely. The Productivity Commission and Royal Commission ...