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Funds receive first ERS applications

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... small number of data discrepancies reported to them by funds which they are working to resolve but did not elaborate on the nature of the issues. "We do not expect this to cause any delay with individuals receiving their money," it said. "We can confirm ...

QSuper board takes AFCA decision to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... s1017B(4), which required it to provide Dr Lam with information that was reasonably necessary for him to understand the nature and effect of any proposed changes to his insurance cover," the court said. "As appears from the discussion below, that foundational ...

ASIC demands compliance despite COVID-19

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... they are responsible for ensuring their compliance with regulatory obligations - despite the difficulties imposed by the nature of the pandemic - and added there will be consequences for those who fail to do so. "It is important to maintain robust monitoring ...

Listed infrastructure mispriced: FSI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... event," he said. "There will also be buying opportunities. Toll roads look to be aggressively oversold given the one-off nature of COVID-19 lockdowns, so we have been cautiously adding to positions in Vinci, Eiffage and Transurban." Greenup said the ...

COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... stabilising the global economy." Continued reinfections will see economic damage be dragged out, Lafferty said. "The staggered nature of containment, along with continued flare-ups, mean that flattening the curve is just the beginning," he said. "The ...

FPA launches benchmarking tool

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... Gori said the new tool would help secure the sustainability of the country's financial advice practices. "In the evolving nature of our profession, this sort of technology and innovation will further elevate the services we offer as the peak professional ...

Super funds face penalties over early release failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... $3 trillion in savings. There is more than $300 billion in cash across the system and last year, due to the compulsory nature of superannuation, there was almost $120 billion of contributions into the system," Frydenberg said. "Superannuation funds cannot ...

US faces deepest recession on record

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... weakness and earnings collapse reports. "Despite this, we expect US stocks to perform better than the rest of the world." The nature of US stocks is key to their outperformance, she argued. "US stock indices have higher than average allocation to technology ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... back then. "Today, we're facing one of the most dire economic environments in generations, and the crisis is global in nature. There's also still a very large degree of uncertainty as to how the pandemic is likely to play out from here." He urged ...

COVID-19 spurs greater scrutiny of foreign investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... mean that every foreign investment will be vetted under the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975, regardless of the nature of the investor or size of the investment. The monetary screening thresholds for all foreign investments will be reduced ...