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Mayfair 101 accused of misleading advertising

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... false, misleading or deceptive. Mayfair's use of Google Ad Words meant that when consumers searched for term deposits, bank term deposit, term deposit alternative or term investment Mayfair debenture products would appear as sponsored links. "Mayfair ...

Count Financial bolsters leadership team

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... of the Institute of Internal Auditors. Countplus sold its financial advisory business Count Financial to the Commonwealth Bank in 2011 for $373 million. It acquired the business back from the bank late last year for just $2.5 million and has since been ...

Chief economist update: Different contagion, same fiscal policy divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... date, the Euro Stoxx-50 has dropped by 28.9%, giving up all its 2019 gains (24.8%), and then some. While the European Central Bank (ECB) has kept policy interest rates unchanged to date, it has announced several accommodative policy measures, including ...

YBR national advice lead moves to Interprac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... endless," Crole said. "Sharon has 30 years' experience, and 17 of this was actually as a planner with National Australia Bank, so we feel her experience is spread between compliance, business support and practical know how in the field as an adviser." ...

US faces deepest recession on record

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
The US is facing a COVID-19 triggered recession that will be the worst on record, according to Bank of America economists. It comes as about 6.65 million people filed for unemployment in the US this week, in the highest level of claims received by the ...

The shape of recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
It's time to start thinking about recovery and what shape it might take; a U, a V or as some think, maybe even the Nike swoosh tick. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, likens his forecast to the Nike swoosh rather than a V- or U-shaped ...

Not buy time yet: Lonsec

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... income universe has improved since central banks eased further, it is still changing day to day. In Australia, the Reserve Bank has promised to inject at least $2 billion over the next three for small-to-medium-enterprise borrowing. Meanwhile, Lonsec's ...

Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Gone are the days of 'business as usual' with Australia's capital cities and skyscrapers empty and its employees now working from the comfort (and safety) of their homes. But what impact will this have on our real estate investments? Prior ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
The world's new reality will soon be defined by social distancing and self-isolation. And while that might be sad for most of us, some stand to benefit incredibly from the new normal. Speaking with Financial Standard, Antipodes Partners chief investment ...

Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... have raised questions about liquidity concerns for superannuation funds, and some have proposed solutions like the central bank lending to superannuation funds at zero interest rates using their assets as collateral. Grattan Institute program director ...