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Actuary of the Year named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
The Actuaries Institute has announced the winner of its prestigious Actuary of the Year award. Jennifer Lang has taken home the honour for 2020. Lang was recognised for leading the Actuaries Institute's COVID-19 response. The Actuaries Institute COVID-19 ...

Investors will be forced into equities: DeepData Analytics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... Standard, Somasundaram said the biggest issue facing retail investors is the lack of real structure. "I think the biggest problem for retail investors at the moment is having a structure or framework to help them identify the best risk/return investment ...

ASIC grants frozen fund relief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
ASIC is granting new relief measures to help investors facing financial hardship get access to money stuck in frozen funds. Pandemic-induced volatility has seen a number of managed investment schemes freeze redemptions for fear of undermining their ...

Chief economist update: Japan economy tanks depsite looser restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
If a technical recession is defined as two successive quarters of negative growth, what do you call a period where the economy contracts for three straight quarters... and counting? Japan may have imposed less stringent coronavirus containment measures ...

thedocyard details merger, proposes raise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
Digital dealtech company thedocyard has entered into a heads of agreement to acquire 100% of tech company Ansarada and has announced a $45 million capital raise to help fund the transaction. Upon completion, the merger will form a leading global software ...

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Earlier this month, for the fourth time in its history, Robert Shiller's CAPE ratio - which tracks market value by measuring earnings data over a 10-year period - surpassed 31. Other times Shiller's ratio has exceeded 31 include the months prior ...

Impact investing seeks to address racial inequality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
A new initiative in the US, with $4 million in backing from J.P. Morgan Chase, has seen a small business lender and an impact investor come together to address racial inequality. CDC Small Business Finance and Capital Impact Partners, which describes ...

Class action over YouTube fundie fallout

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
UK investment giant Hargreaves Lansdown is facing a potential class action over its alleged promotion of Neil Woodford's funds. The Woodford Equity Income Fund was spectacularly wound up after its namesake star fundie Neil Woodford offered an emotional ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... businesses and industries that services them - among others, and it's not hard to imagine that Victoria will have a problem greater than Houston. But just as Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared: "We're all Victorians now because ...

Tax impacting super fund investment strategies: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... evolving equity portfolios may be stymied by upfront tax costs, and suggests a framework super funds can use to solve this problem," it said. The paper implores superannuation funds eyeing ever-better ways to structure equity portfolios not to be confounded ...