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Will COVID-19 kill the balanced option?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... super funds have hidden the reality of risk from the consumer. Calling strategies which he perceives as "risky" balanced is one of the ways Geffin said funds have done this. "The thing about liquidity risk is that it's somewhat binary, its hunky dory ...

It's not you, it's quarantine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... trusts." This is where the advisers need to work closely with estate planners, because, as Hacker explained, there is no 'one size fits all' solution. An adviser needs to organise a different person to manage the trust that holds the death benefit with ...

Sargon Capital to be liquidated

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
Sargon Capital's creditors yesterday voted unanimously to wind up the company, starting a liquidation process that could last 12 months. Taiping Trustees, which is Sargon Capital's only known secured creditor for about $97 million and other ...

BlackRock bullish on China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... high single digits and high homeownership rates aiding discretionary spending. "The urbanisation trend is another catalyst as one-third of China's population remains rural and migration to cities implies higher wages and spending," they said. "We also ...

Australia's AAA rating at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... relative interest cost nevertheless are likely to remain at elevated levels for a number of years," S&P said. Australia was one of the few countries that maintained its AAA rating during the Global Financial Crisis.

Plenty still want in on ETPs: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... flows of $538 million. Australian equities ETPs in general seemed popular during March, with net inflows of $1.2 billion. "One would have expected fixed interest products to be popular in this period, but the reported dislocation in fixed interest markets ...

Wall Street surges as Sanders drops out, Wuhan reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... that the S&P 500 rose strongly after a weak start and entered bull market territory, defensives led the rise, oil rose on one comment from an Algerian minister, Russia said they are willing to cut production and safe havens were reasonably flat," he ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... tweeted that social distancing laws wouldn't be easing anytime soon. "This is an enemy we have underestimated since day one," he said. "This is not the time to be lax. We need to #StayHome and stay properly distanced." The number of deaths from the ...

Fiducian grows adviser network

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... the impacts of the global pandemic, COVID-19. It is hard to see a positive during these dark days," Fiducian said. "However, one undeniable positive is shown in the millions of people who have banded together through love and support for their commun ...

Chief economist update: COVID-infected Aussie stats trickle in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... under the previous arrangements." As well as continuing "to provide liquidity to Australian financial markets by conducting one-month and three-month repo operations in its daily market operations until further notice. In addition, the central bank will ...