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Chief economist update: Pay cut or pay not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... rise over the coming year). Australia's heading in the right direction but there are still domestic challenges ahead. One such challenge is the lead from the surge in the underemployment rate to a record high 13.7% in April. Its lead and negative ...

Asset allocation in a post-pandemic world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... seismic volatility shocks. Tim Sparks, head of distribution and marketing at Bell Direct said typically, when returns for one asset class are low, returns for another may be high, decreasing volatility across the overall portfolio. "Markets go up over ...

Road to recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... spending at the state and federal level will be very positive." Allen said that while it is obvious international tourism will be one of the last sectors to recover, domestic tourism has a positive outlook. "Domestic tourism is actually twice as big ...

Technical Services Forum: Testing risk tolerance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... Lowe said many financial advisers are facing the challenge of easing their client's concerns surrounding COVID-19. Lowe said one factor of key importance is testing clients' risk tolerance. "Certainly, I'm not advocating wholesale changes to risk profile ...

Behavioural tools to limit losses, fear

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... persistently tries to outguess the madness of crowds is really not a good long term strategy." Instead, if the herd is heading one way, he suggests investors look in the other direction. Loss aversion can also have a major impact on client's financial ...

Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... there right now," Birt told Financial Standard. Birt said this is a record, with Radar Results typically only taking part in one or two transactions a year in Perth. "Tasmania is a bit busy, which is good. In Launceston and Hobart quite a few businesses ...

Super must come together over cybercrime

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... said. Bower's warning comes after the government's Early Release Scheme was temporarily shut down to deal with fraud attempts. One confirmed case of identity theft put the scheme to a halt, as the AFP begun investigations. Deputy Treasurer Michael Sukkar ...

ASIC secures $160m in remediation over junk credit insurance

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
ASIC has announced it has secured $160 million in remediation for consumers sold junk credit insurance from 11 major banks and lenders between 2011 and 2018. These include offerings from ANZ, Australian Central Credit Union, Bank of Queensland, Bendigo ...

Chief economist update: Powell blamed for fall on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... policy, but for now it's not something that we're considering. We think we have a good toolkit, and that's the one we'll be using." Its biggest fan, of course, is none other than US President Donald Trump, who, only a day before, again ...

Mudslinging over FASEA extension continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... amendment. "If the Assistant Minister can't manage to get a bill supported by both major parties through the Senate, she has no one to blame but herself," Jones said. "If the Minister has taken the decision to withdraw this bill if there is an amendment ...