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Australians without advice struggle in pandemic: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
New research has revealed the true value of advice, as the mental and financial wellbeing of Australia's unadvised population suffers from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Fidelity International's latest Pulse Survey, which gauged the mental and ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way..." -- 'A Tale of Two Cities' ...

Capital raisings top $27bn, dividends down $10bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
New research from Ord Minnet reveals capital raisings topped $27 billion as at June 22, while dividends have been slashed by $10 billion. Ord Minnett said among the three categories of capital management initiatives, capital raisings include share placements ...

Is the worst yet to come?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
With the chances of a second wave of infections breaking out both internationally and domestically, consideration is being put on whether what we have seen is just the beginning. Simon Doyle, head of fided income and multi asset at Schroders, said from ...

IFM Investors ready to ramp up corporate lending

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
The industry-super-owned fund manager's credit team has about $500 million to deploy in the year ahead, eyeing opportunities in lending to mid-sized companies that will be forced to refinance after the COVID-19 crisis. IFM's credit team manages about ...

Count Financial makes growth-focused hire

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
Count Financial has hired an experienced practice development manager, whose resume features the likes of Affinia, Commonwealth Bank and AMP, to ramp up its growth strategy. Chris Burton has been appointed as Count's practice development manager, and ...

Super fund awards global equities mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
A $43 billion superannuation fund has awarded a concentrated global equities mandate to Neuberger Berman. State Super has handed Neuberger Berman an undisclosed sum, following a tender process to identify managers that could play a differentiated role ...

Australia approaches fiscal cliff: UBS

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
Government stimulus packages and lender deferrals may have softened the economic blow of the COVID-19 pandemic but with end dates in sight, UBS has warned of an impending fiscal cliff. With JobKeeper and Jobseeker packages as well as debt deferrals ...

Multi-boutique warns of fourth quarter reckoning

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
A $630 billion multi-boutique global asset manager has warned of an ultimate reckoning in the fourth quarter, as global bourses continue to ascend on the back of central bank and government stimulus. Despite woeful economic data, US equity indices have ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
The uncertainty and volatility that COVID-19 has endowed on markets has opened up opportunities not seen in decades, according to a $9.5 billion Aussie investment manager. However, in order to take advantage of these opportunities investors must be ...