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Members begin to turn on industry funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
New customer satisfaction data shows members' opinions of industry superannuation funds are starting to turn, after weeks of scrutiny over their performance during the COVID-19 crisis. According to Roy Morgan's latest superannuation customer satisfaction ...

Risk advisers under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
This week's joint report from ASIC and APRA into life insurance and claims handling found superior consumer outcomes for group life insurance, leading a prolific law firm to suggest risk advisers add little to no value. Maurice Blackburn superannuation ...

Mayfair 101 pushes on

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The embattled Mayfair 101 is pushing ahead with the launch of a new property bond, advertising it as an exclusive fixed income investment opportunity. Mayfair has been restricted in its promotion of debenture products after action by ASIC. The regulator ...

Multi-asset strategies key in COVID-19 crisis: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The ability to adjust to rapidly changing economic data is a key advantage of flexible multi-asset strategies during the COVID-19 crisis. In an investor update, First Sentier Investors co-head of multi-asset solution, Kej Somaia said that although market ...

Funds receive first ERS applications

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The ATO has confirmed the first batch of ERS applications have been sent to superannuation funds. The ATO said the implementation of the early release of super scheme for those financially effected by the COVID-19 crisis is progressing well. "We are ...

Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
They were loathed, yelled at, vilified and even arrested - but the hordes of panic-buyers and toilet paper hoarders that invaded supermarkets, hardware stores, bottle shops, and businesses selling "work from home" wares may have collectively limited ...

Best, worst performing Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Morningstar has revealed the Australian equities funds that topped and tanked during the March quarter, which ended with S&P/ASX 200 falling nearly 30% from its February 20 all-time high. The quarter saw the main benchmarks for large cap Australian ...

Credit value exists in emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Despite the havoc wrung on emerging markets (EM) by both COVID-19 and now the oil crash, a global fixed interest investment manager still sees value in the higher quality part of the market. Western Asset Management said the double-barreled shocks of ...

Market pain to continue: State Street

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
With volatility still high, economic activity uncertain and investor sentiment low, a collapse in earnings could trigger another fall in risk assets. According to State Street Global Advisors senior investment strategist Raf Choudhury, this uncertainty ...

Why COVID-19 could boost ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
As the world celebrates Earth Day today,the environmentally conscious in the investment industry have said COVID-19 could be the crisis that causes us to take climate change more seriously. Calvert Research president and chief executive John Streur ...