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ASIC cleans up 'cash plus' funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... must-have for responsible entities in meeting their legal obligations to their investors, especially in times of market volatility," ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said. "Inappropriate labelling of a fund can mislead investors into believing that the ...

Portfolio insurance provides strong protection: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... for Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR). CEPAR senior research associate Mengyi Xu said recent market volatility has raised concerns about whether future retirees will have adequate income later in life. "I understand this is a difficult ...

Managed accounts inch to $80bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... FUM with $35.28 billion followed by separately managed accounts (SMAs) at $28.06 billion. Commenting on the market volatility for the period, Milliman head of capital markets for AustraliaVictor Huang said the value of the ASX/S&P200 Accumulation Index ...

ASX revises capital raising measures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... current market dislocation." The emergency measures were implemented back in March in response to the extreme market volatility being experienced. It introduces two class order waivers to help listed entities affected by COVID-19 to raise urgently needed ...

Millennials jump on COVID-19 volatility

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Millennial investors have been undeterred by market volatility due to COVID-19, according to new research conducted by Calastone. The results of a survey of people in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, UK, US and Germany, found a correlation between ...

Investors will be forced into equities: DeepData Analytics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... investing in equities as the hunt for yield continues, despite having felt the hard lessons from this year's market volatility, according to founder and chief executive of DeepData Analytics Mathan Somasundaram. Speaking to Financial Standard, Somasundaram ...

Advisers more bearish than clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... (56%) and alter income levels (53%), Investment Trends said. The twin headwinds of low yields and heightened market volatility have made retirement planning more challenging than ever, Peker said. "While planners already use a range of retirement income ...

HUB24 reports record results

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... volatility and negative market movement during the 2H20 impacting $1.1 billion of FUA. The annual impact of market volatility was $600 million. Commenting on the results, HUB24 managing director Andrew Alcock said the group remained focused on investing ...

Challenger launches new lifetime annuity

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... outcomes. "This is a smart new defensive solution for providing income certainty, particularly given current global market volatility and can be combined with other products, such as account-based pensions to build comprehensive retirement solutions." ...

Retail investors surpass one million

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... surged 41% since the beginning of the year, with now more than one million punters trying to profit from recent market volatility. In Investment Trends 2020 1H Online Investing Report, the research house found the number of active online investors grew ...