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The shape of recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... occur if there is a second or third wave of the virus. "Something to consider is the possibility of a check-mark recovery, one similar to that following the Great Recession; the economy falls hard, and the recovery is gradual." Henry Jennings, senior ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... day when cases of coronavirus infection worldwide stood at "only" 110,000 with the death count at "only" 3800 and before, one after another, countries around the world virtually locked down all forms of social activity. As at yesterday (April 2), infections ...

Not buy time yet: Lonsec

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... correlated to equities during periods of volatility. "You are not going to pick the bottom of the market. The recent stimulus is one less data point in uncertainty. We are just waiting to see how much more stimulus or liquidity the central banks will ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
While there may be uncertainty surrounding the economic implications of the spreading COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear; if business leaders are not consistent, empathetic and clear with their response, they should prepare to face the music. Although ...

Could relief on advice compliance save consumers?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... the question is, if those decisions weren't sensible two months ago, what makes them sensible now?" Heffron said she had one person call and demand an SMSF be set up so they could put all their superannuation in gold. "That immediately rings alarm ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... social distancing means we do a lot more stuff online. So it speeds up some of the secular changes." According to Mitchell, one of the crisis' major impacts will be to speed up some of the secular shifts the fund thought to be in play already, including ...

Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... back, across increased revenue or lower expenditure or a combination of the two will depend on the government at time, but one of the solutions could be increasing receipts such as the Medicare levy as has been done in the past. For Hutley, drawing upon ...

Bigger balances, bigger blow: Elia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... We've got 570,000 members who have account balances of $10,000 or less and represent $1.2 billion in FUM," he said. "It's one of the lowest paid sectors in our economy so by virtue of that these members don't have a lot of money and are therefore ...

Super fund transfer delayed amid COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
AMP has delayed the successor fund transfer of one of its superannuation clients, who previously decided to switch to another fund, citing current market volatility. Anglican National Super in October 2018 decided it would end its 14-year long relationship ...

Warakirri appoints exclusive manager for equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... equities offerings. Their relationship goes back 15 years, when Warakirri first mandated Northcape. So far, Northcape has been one of managers under the old multi-manager structure. For example, in Australian equities it will now take the cake from five ...