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Managed accounts fulfil best interest

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... advisers already use managed accounts or intend to start. "Uptake of managed accounts had steadily crept up since 2012, and COVID-19 acted as an accelerant. Managed accounts are fast becoming a mainstream solution for Australian financial advisers," ...

Victorian government agency hunts for fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... million per annum shortfall in early-stage capital in Victoria, and this gap has widened as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic," Jasper said. "The Victorian Startup Capital Fund will be a massive boost for the Victorian startup sector, providing ...

Looking beyond high-dividend stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... been as bad as expected, but new lockdowns are cause for concern," he said. "We don't expect them to return to the pre-COVID levels or 2019 levels until calendar 2023. But with Commonwealth Bank there is a chance they might make it in 2022." However ...

Sydney world's strongest luxury real estate market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... or buy a second home/investment property." There are headwinds for Sydney though - most notably the spread of the Delta COVID-19 variant and continuing lockdowns, as well as the slow vaccine rollout - which could change this outlook for growth in the ...

Bank rebound buoys Aussie equities funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... Westpac. "While the second half of 2020 was a strong period for quality/growth managers, as markets rallied from the March 2020 Covid lows, the last six months of the financial year have seen a recovery in value stocks, and in particular financials and ...

UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... government's plans to staple non-choosing Australian workers to existing funds and the drop in overseas students' arrivals with COVID-19 triggered border closures. Going public offer In 2017, UniSuper opened the fund to relatives and friends ...

Good year for active managers in fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... Good year for active managers in fixed income Kanika Sood Active fixed income managers outperformed their indexed peers in COVID-19, according to Zenith's review of the universe. In the 12 months to April end, the Bloomberg Ausbond Composite Index (0+years) ...

ROA relief guidance released

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... the guidance and case study they have jointly compiled is to ensure that advisers understand their requirements under the COVID-19 relief measure. For the ROA relief to be applicable, advisers must reasonably consider that the advice is required because ...

Platform FUM grows

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... masterfunds ended the year to March 2021 up 18.7% to a total $915.4 billion. This is attributed to the global market recovery from COVID-19. The latest data comes as Netwealth ended the June quarter with a 12% increase in funds under administration and ...

Raiz rolls out SMSF functionality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
... and Investment Trends found that SMSF assets have rebounded to an all-time high of $787 billion in March 2021 following COVID-induced losses last year ($694 billion in March 2020). The total number of SMSFs also continues to grow, with some 597,000 SMSFs ...