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Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... renewed downside risk to Q4 consumer spending if the economy and labour market has not 'snapped back' strongly enough by then." And in a country with highly leveraged household debt - these payments ending could see property prices plunge in ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... eight years or less in payouts two years ago. Similarly, in 2018 the New Jersey Teacher's Fund had US$26 billion - enough to cover just six years of benefits. This sees it rank fourth for weakness, while the state's public employee plan comes ...

Super fund awards global equities mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... insights, including from innovative uses of data science," Rooney said. "It takes new techniques like this to be different enough from the crowd to matter for client portfolios."

Plan for the worst, hope for the best

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... two, three and six months," he said. "Would you be buying with your ears pinned back now? To me, you've got to have enough cash so you sleep well at night because the market always does provide opportunities." He recommends investors work against ...

Industry funds pulled back to the pack

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... market, with COVID-19 to blame. According to KPMG head of asset and wealth management Linda Elkins, the pandemic has put enough pressure on industry funds to see them fall well behind SMSFs. "The arrival of the COVID-19 era has thrown everything into ...

Proceed with caution: Janus Henderson

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... over the coming months, and consumer saving patterns will likely be altered irreversibly, he said. "Individuals fortunate enough to remain employed, may seek to boost their savings after having had their finances severely stretched," Alankar said. "As ...

S&P kicks companies off ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... in the bottom 25% of its industry globally. PayPal is technically eligible for the index but its ESG score is not high enough to warrant selection.

Multi-boutique warns of fourth quarter reckoning

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... cases," Shah said. "But from an economic and market perspective, the key question is whether or not a second wave is severe enough to prompt governments to reintroduce lockdowns?" Although governments may be reluctant to reintroduce lockdowns given the ...

FASEA blame game on in earnest

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... advice industry deserves that certainty." In a note to members, the Financial Services Union said it was "simply not good enough" that advisers' livelihoods and those of their staff are "political footballs in the current climate". "We have made ...

Chief economist update: Pay cut or pay not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... counted as unemployed. Then again, how can they when they are under house arrest and most businesses are shuttered? But enough with the technicalities. The Morrison government's JobKeeper scheme has, no doubt, limited the nightmare scenario for the ...