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ISA plays devil's advocate on SG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... demand elasticities and factor substitution, but also on institutional factors such as employment protection legislation, minimum wage determinations and the degree of unionization," the analysis read. In a letter to the committee accompanying the analysis ...

Industry funds continue risk-adjusted domination

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... combined risk adjusted position in the three years to March 2020, thanks to a 4.6% p.a. three-year return, the lowest minimum monthly return at -6%, and the equal highest Sharpe ratio at 0.6. The industry fund shared the equal top Sharpe ratio with Australian ...

UBS Australia launches new CBRE fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... have monthly application/redemption windows. At the moment, UBS is marketing the fund to sophisticated investors with the minimum investment set at $20 million. UBS and CBRE have a long-standing relationship going back over a decade. In addition to the ...

Taper rates need revamp

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... don't draw down and spend their retirement savings fast enough," Boal said. "If the retiree draws down and spends the minimum amount each year, the annual taper rate would need to be close to $39 for the retiree to receive total additional retirement ...

Wage growth, not wage cuts

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... relief (although this would add to the budget deficit), while governmental support for higher wages and an increase in the minimum wage could also help boost spending. "Longer term, a more effective and lasting increase in wages could be achieved by ...

IOOF to provide fee relief to adviser network

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... assistance in the local area. IOOF said it will provide three months licensee fee relief for the practices that complete a minimum of 60 hours of pro bono work over the three-month period. The fee relief for advisers will be provided from October to ...

Switching prompts fund to alter allocations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... our members," the fund said. The changes do not affect the investment objectives for any options or the risk level or minimum suggested time for investment. "We believe investment markets can deviate from their fair value from time to time and that it ...

Litigation funders will need AFSLs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... capital adequacy requirements, disclosure obligations and reporting standards. Omni Bridgeway also said it supports a minimum return to group members in a class action of no less than 50% of the proceeds from the action. In announcing the inquiry into ...

ASIC revokes AFSL suspension, cancels another

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... cancellation, Tailormade is required to maintain its membership of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority for a minimum of 12 months and hold adequate professional indemnity insurance cover." Meanwhile, ASIC has revoked its suspension of Sydney-based ...

Powerwrap inks strategic partnership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... on the platform within the next 12 months. The deal sees Powerwrap locked in as the firm's administration partner for a minimum of five years, and the platform said it expects to become the local distributor of Qualis' funds. Powerwrap chief executive ...