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Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
The spread of COVID-19 has seen a dramatic turn in the global economy; where earlier this year growth was almost tangibly real, now a downward trajectory towards deep recession seems much more likely. But one asset manager believes there is both opportunity ...

Multi-asset results mixed in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... given their weighting to equities. During the sell-off, performance ranged from -14.27% to -22.65%, but Morningstar said poor underlying manager selection had exacerbated losses. "FirstChoice WS Balanced had almost identical returns to the Morningstar ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
New research has revealed the 22 ASX 300 companies - many of which super funds have exposure to - that are polluters and haven't performed well this year. Activist group Market Forces released a new report today, titled Out of line out of time ...

Court confirms Storm Financial founders breached duties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... day-to-day of Storm Financial, ASIC alleged their failure to take reasonable steps to prevent Storm Financial from giving poor advice meant they did not exercise their powers as directors with the care and diligence a reasonable person would have employed. ...

Positives from the pandemic for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... of significant political events over the past few months that should give the advice community hope that the worst of our poor treatment at the hands of politicians over the past 10 years is coming in an end," Johnson said. "It appears the pendulum is ...

Recovery expected in 2021: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
Although the outlook for 2020 looks bleak, recovery is on the cards for 2021, according to IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva. Following a conference call of G20 finance ministers and Central Bank governors Georgieva said that while the human ...

Bond fund spreads widen

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
Investors looking to redeem their fixed interest allocations face deep buy/sell spreads, as poor liquidity forces funds to push them up significantly during COVID-19 volatility. Franklin Templeton, PIMCO, Ardea and Kapstream are some of the managers ...

Perpetual exits MySuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... MySuper, told members it was assessing whether an SFT was in the best interest of members. That announcement came on the back of poor performance, with Rainmaker analysis of APRA data showing contributions into Perpetual MySuper fell about 90% in the ...

Advisers too time-poor for cash management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
New research shows financial advisers are struggling to make time for important aspects of the advice process, including cash management. Macquarie's newly released Cash flow management opportunity report shows 93% of advisers recognise the value of ...

Major firms criticised for substandard RI approach

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... scored poorly in its assessment of their approach to responsible investment. The list of asset managers with "particularly poor ESG performance" include the world's six largest managers, BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street Global Advisors, Fidelity Investments ...