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FPA advocates for reduced pension minimums

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... to understand the three pillars of the retirement income system. The submission recommends the review consider several research reports on consumer's views about advice, including ASIC Report 627, CoreData analysis produced for MLC Wealth, and reports ...

Low rates support some bond managers: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
The fall in interest rates has supported bond managers with a longer duration stance, according to new Morningstar research revealing the performance of fixed income houses during coronavirus-induced volatility. The report said fixed income, particularly ...

Iress swoops on UK pension researcher

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
Financial services software provider Iress picked up a UK-based investment and pension research software provider boasting over 2000 clients. Iress has acquired the UK's O&M Systems, an investment and pension research software provider with more than ...

World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... Modi, show the need to act fast and cut through legislative wrangling and red tape," SSGA head of global macro policy research Amlan Roy said. "Street talk of 'global recession' is confused, when based on stock market losses and volatility." ...

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

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... counterparts amid the dramatic market volatility that has stripped billions from the world's bourses, Morningstar research shows. The MSCI AC Asia EX Japan benchmark declined by 10% during the COVID-19 sell-off, while the emerging markets benchmark ...

Industry fund awards infrastructure mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... Advisors, while maintaining a small roster of active managers. The First Sentier investment was led by Christian Super research and portfolio analyst Yong Tan and the fund's newly-appointed deputy chief investment officer David Brown, chief investment ...

Volatility hits super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... Wholesale Australian Shares fund outperformed the market, returning -25.5% over the period. Rainmaker head of superannuation research Jason Ross said the results might reflect AustralianSuper's active investment approach. "The latest results show ...

Australia narrowly avoids 0.9% GDP blow: KPMG

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... GDP a 0.9% blow if it hadn't been for the government's $17.6 billion economic stimulus package, according to research released today by KPMG. The 0.9% near miss would amount to a $17 billion loss by the end of 2020, which would partially rebound ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... manager Bertie Thompson. Thompson and his team have been working with a proprietary ESG score for five years. "Our ESG research team assesses a company's positive ESG drivers and many of our investments in the Global Leaders Fund are using sustainability ...

Panic selling to do more damage: Ord Minnett

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... global markets by storm, is likely to do more damage as it spreads across asset classes, according to latest Ord Minnett research. "Market volatility inevitably reverberated into the listed hybrids market, with the asset class suffering a blow out in ...