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Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... to what it was six months ago." Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan agreed, and said the majority of the impact on valuations at the moment still comes back to "overregulation", the age of advisers and the FASEA requirements. ...

Processes are the problem, not people: Count Financial

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
The majority of the problems faced by practices in delivering advice efficiently can be attributed to process issues not people, according to Count Financial. Countplus acquired the Count Financial from the Commonwealth Bank late last year for just ...

Hedge funds rally in April, but YTD still bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... tracked by a global database and analytics tool in the red. Despite this promising turn around, eVestment found that the majority of hedge funds were still in the red year to date, reflecting the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on market ...

Majority of ERS applications from low balance accounts: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
Over 70% of ERS applications have come from members with account balances with less than $50,000, according to analysis from AMP. AMP said members working in the hospitality, arts, recreation, manufacturing and wholesale trade industries had highest ...

APRA releases fund-level ERS data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... 106,441 requests received, it paid out 79,936 totaling $584 million. However, there were some that failed to meet the majority of requests within five days. For instance, of the 12174 requests from Intrust Super members, 8795 were paid but 73.2% took ...

Adviser salaries in 2020 revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... planning, there will be an influx of candidates for advice roles, many of which will need to adjust their expectations. "Majority of bank financial advisers have been earning over $130,000 packages plus bonus, with some advisers earning north of $145,000 ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... rate HIKE this year. Financial markets appear to agree and this is consistent with the CME FedWatch Tool that shows majority of market participants expect no change in US interest rates in 2020. All is well! US recession (and by extension world slowdown) ...

Early release of super numbers revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... working over the weekend to review and finalise these applications as quickly as possible. We expect the overwhelming majority of these will be paid by the middle of next week," the Rest spokesperson said. Rest said it would usually receive about 100 ...

Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... increasing the value of future earnings in present-day dollars, pushing up valuations (all else being equal)." Yet, for the majority of companies, growth is not on the horizon. "I have positioned my portfolio to benefit from companies that can grow in ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... characteristics of these products are substantially lower, yet despite the risks involved, asset consultant JANA said the majority of its super fund clients were invested in high yield credit. "Nearly all of our super fund clients have investment into ...