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Chief economist update: Pay cut or pay not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
"Tell him he's dreaming!" The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report showing that the country's unemployment rose from 5.2% in March to ONLY 6.2% in April surely is a pleasant dream considering the nightmarish backdrop of the long ...

Technical Services Forum: Testing risk tolerance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... uncertain times clients may not be as risk tolerant as previously thought, the virtual Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum has heard. Digitally presenting, Challenger's head of technical services Andrew Lowe said many financial advisers ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... index by 25.2%; the FTSE-100 by 21.2%; the Nikkei-225 by 24.7%; and, the All Ordinaries by 25.5% They all now fit the technical definition of a bull market -- a situation in which stock prices rise by 20%, usually after a drop of 20% (Investopedia) - ...

Global asset manager launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... provides a more growth-oriented play within portfolios, benefiting from fundamental research and risk analysis as well as technical tailwinds, such as supportive liquidity policies of central banks and a migration of the investible universe well beyond ...

Trustee behaviour in a COVID-19 world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... will be considered illegal, as the ATO said it will be determined by trustee "behaviour". Speaking to SMSFA head of technical Peter Hogan, ATO director of SMSF client engagement Steve Keating outlined the punishments trustees will face and how they are ...

SMSF Association appoints deputy chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... A familiar face is set to return to the SMSF Association after a seven-year hiatus. SuperConcepts general manager of technical services and administration Peter Burgess has been appointed deputy chief executive of the SMSF Association, returning to the ...

ERS top of mind for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... super was the topic most frequently asked about by advisers during March and April, according to new figures from AMP's technical adviser support team. The next most asked about issue was minimum pension drawdowns as the government relaxed the rules ...

Colonial First State closes global fund

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... measures. "Value was a headwind, with Price-to-Intrinsic Income and Price-to-Intrinsic Asset underperforming. However, its technical factors were not rewarded, with momentum dampening performance.

Chief economist update: Labor Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... quarter. Annualised, this translates to a 14.4% drop in national (or euro-wide) output with France and Italy now in a technical recession and Germany predicting GDP growth to plummet by 6.3% this year. For sure and for certain, the GDP numbers that will ...

Top adviser queries revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... two financial years and which situations allow members to qualify for the government's Early Release Scheme. CFS technical services manager Craig Day said the technical support team had received a deluge of enquiries during March and April, as advisers ...