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Equities attractive in search for yield: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Australian equities have not been immune to the effects of COVID-19, with company earnings taking a material hit, despite the equity market rallying from its lows in mid to late March, according to Zenith Investment Partners. Zenith said a flow on effect ...

TPB cracks down on 74 tax practitioners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
The Tax Practitioners Board has found 74 tax practitioners to be engaging in "concerning behaviour", including using fraudulent SMSF Auditor Numbers (SANs). In 2019, the ATO started a compliance campaign that involved reviewing SMSF annual returns. ...

Sole purpose test poses SMSF rent relief issue

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
COVID-19 has seen more than half a million Australians lose their jobs and countless businesses shuttered but for SMSF trustee landlords offering rent relief to those facing financial hardship could mean they fail to meet the sole purpose test. Breaching ...

MetLife Australia partners with Foodbank

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
The life insurer and its philanthropic foundation will partner with Foodbank to provide 186,000 meals to Australians from July this year to next summer as COVID-19 increases the demand for food relief. MetLife Australia and MetLife Foundation's donation ...

Create coalitions for change: Martin Currie

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
The $20 billion equity specialist has called on asset managers to create "coalitions" to drive change; developing constructive relationships with companies for a more sustainable future. Martin Currie chief executive Julian Ide highlighted the value ...

High Court rules against Fortescue

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
The High Court in London has lifted an interim injunction preventing news organisations from publishing details of price discounts offered in the low-grade iron ore market by Australian mining giant Fortescue Metals Group (FMG). FMG had applied for ...

Balanced funds fundamentally flawed

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
A Melbourne-based investment manager has blasted balanced options in superannuation funds, arguing that despite their "diversification" they fail to perform in market downturns. Many traditionally balanced funds hold anywhere between 60% to 80% exposure ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic was both a curse and a blessing (for lack of a better word) for China's Politburo. Social restrictions and lockdowns imposed by the powers-that-be to contain the virus sent the economy plunging 6.8% in the year to the March ...

IFM Investors ready to ramp up corporate lending

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
The industry-super-owned fund manager's credit team has about $500 million to deploy in the year ahead, eyeing opportunities in lending to mid-sized companies that will be forced to refinance after the COVID-19 crisis. IFM's credit team manages about ...

New ETFs see success as UBS suspends funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
New research from ETF Securities has revealed that three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) saw tens of millions in inflows during the second quarter, while six UBS products exited the market. The products included ETF Securities' ETFS FANG+ ETF on March ...