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Favour turns to active management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Amid the market volatility the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in, a new survey has revealed that sentiment is turning in favour of active investment management. The Natixis Investment Managers survey found that 79% of finance professionals globally and 78% ...

Eaton Vance wins super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
A $9 billion superannuation fund has mandated Eaton Vance for a slice of equity allocations for its retired members, with the goal of providing downside protection while meeting specific yield targets. Australian Catholic Superannuation Retirement Fund ...

Robo users double down during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
Robo advice provider Six Park saw a significant increase in users topping up their accounts during March and April, as COVID-19 rocked markets. In a normal period, Six Park sees about 10-15% of users top up their accounts over a two month period. But ...

Perth hit worst in housing crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
The stringent government response to COVID-19 has undoubtedly placed the property market cycle on the cusp of another downswing, says CoreLogic's head of research Eliza Owen. Property value declines have been fairly mild, so far this year, with national ...

ATO data heaps pressure on ASIC's SMSF fact sheet

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
New ATO data has brought ASIC's SMSF expense fact sheet under renewed pressure. Freshly released ATO figures show the median "operating expense" of SMSFs is $3923 a year, a stark contrast from data published by ASIC last year which stipulated the ...

Judgement delivered in binary options fraud

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
The Federal Court of Australia has slapped a trading company with a $1.8 million fine, while two people have been barred from financial services for their involvement in the fraudulent binary options scheme. The judgement comes following findings made ...

Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
With most of us, Australians all, only just emerging from isolation and many businesses still locked down or operating with limitations, the rising rate of unemployment - from 5.2% in March to 6.4% in April to 7.1% in May - doesn't surprise. In ...

AustralianSuper denies turnover issue, delays office

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
AustralianSuper chief investment officer and deputy chief executive Mark Delaney has shot down rumours of a staff turnover issue at the fund and confirmed its planned US expansion is on hold. Appearing at a Bloomberg webinar, Delaney denied that the ...

ISA plays devil's advocate on SG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
Industry Super Australia's internal analysis has explored the other side of the superannuation guarantee debate, finding the costs of an increase in mandated savings may be shared between both employers and workers. A piece of internal analysis ...

HUB24, Pinnacle say goodbye to S&P/ASX 200

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
S&P Dow Jones Indices' overdue rebalance of its Australian indices will see HUB24 and Pinnacle Investment Management kicked out of the ASX200 at the start of trading on June 22, amid nearly 200 changes. The index provider deferred its quarterly rebalance ...