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Few redundancies but pay cuts abound: Recruiter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... few advice practices call saying they actually need to bulk up their support staff," Gordon said. He suggested market volatility and financial uncertainty for small businesses has created a lot of work for these firms, requiring additional administrative ...

SMSFs granted annual return extension

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... ATO to find solutions for SMSFs affected by economic ramifications of social distancing measures and extreme market volatility. He said he has been in discussions with ATO commissioner Chris Jordan and SMSF assistant commissioner Dana Fleming. "[The ...

AMP bleeds $18 billion

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... commodities impacting our assets under management. We have seen some recovery since the quarter-end, but expect market volatility to continue and the economic impact of the pandemic to emerge over the remainder of the year."

Managed accounts use broadens

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... Victor said the extra time advisers were gaining from managed accounts was proving valuable during times of market volatility to nurse clients through difficult moments, particularly as more advisers shift towards wealth coaching. "Over the last few ...

Increased customers, incoming crypto: Raiz

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... cryptocurrency product. In the first three months of 2020, Raiz saw an increase of 3741 customers, despite global market volatility and macro uncertainty. It comes at the platform readies itself to release what it says is the world's first retail fund ...

Tail-risk hedging pays off for super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... billion industry superannuation fund has managed to lock in gains from a tail-risk hedging strategy during recent market volatility amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Vision Super has had tail-risk protection in place for its defined benefit plan for a few ...

Industry fund continues investment team expansion

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... fund in a permanent role, pointing to how the former VFMC man has helped the fund through the current period of market volatility. "I'm thrilled to welcome Luke permanently to the team as part of our push to build out our internal investment capability ...

Trading volumes surge in ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... by $6.8 billion to finish March at $57.2 billion, reflecting global market declines. "Despite the heightened market volatility, the ETF industry recorded net positive inflows of $522 million, demonstrating strong resilience and the continued appeal of ...

Trading platforms see record use

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... fallout was responsible for the explosion in active traders on the platform. "There is no doubt that the recent market volatility and the ultra-low interest rate environment has created significant interest in the stock market," Edgley said. The increase ...

Plenty still want in on ETPs: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
Despite the market volatility wrought by COVID-19, money flowed into exchange traded products in March. The ASX's latest ETP data shows that even as the market was losing money, cash was flowing in. Rainmaker analysis shows the Australian ETP market ...