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Super escapes COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... of the government's Early Release Scheme, APRA's data shows funds were well stocked to battle drains on their liquidity. In the three months from December 2019, not-for-profit funds increased their cash holdings from 9% to 13%, while their retail ...

Receivers appointed to Mayfair 101 entity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... 2020 advising that the group was working on initiatives with its various advisers regarding restructuring to improve liquidity for the benefit of the Fund's investors." The Mayfair 101 Group said it has been suffering under the twin pressures of ...

USD exposure benefits investors: ETF Securities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... investors view cash as simply a defensive and static portion of their portfolios. Typically, cash holdings are used for liquidity and downside protection, with Australian investors mostly using the Australian dollar." For most Australian investors holding ...

Outsourced trading set to boom

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... reduce costs, meet regulatory demands, improve transparency, keep up with rapid technological changes and access global liquidity sources. As super funds merge and reach a threshold of FUM, they will be faced with the decision of whether to internalise ...

Banks urged to step up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... shareholders. Speaking during a FINSIA webinar, Lowe said over the past decade APRA had worked with banks to reduce liquidity risks, leaving Australian banks in a strong position to whether a financial crisis. However, he said those capital and liquidity ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... The report says that if the downturn lasts throughout the rest of the year, the state of New Jersey won't have the liquidity to pay pensions in full or, possibly, at all. According to the report, if funds run dry they will likely switch to pay-as-you-go ...

Magellan remains cautious, for now

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Sitting on a significant amount of liquidity, Magellan is waiting for a few dominoes to fall before it pulls the trigger and deploys cash from its global and high conviction funds. Having increased the cash balances across both its high conviction and ...

Plan for the worst, hope for the best

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Asset Management's Geoff Wilson has encouraged investors to plan for the worst and hope for the best as central bank liquidity props up equity markets. However, he warns, "hope is not a strategy", and recommends investors accept that things have ...

Industry funds pulled back to the pack

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... advice on how to rebuild their retirement savings." KPMG Superannuation Advisory partner David Bardsley said super fund liquidity has already been strained at a portfolio level. Coupled with a bear market, the longer term impact of the government's Early ...

APRA releases latest ERS data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... $11.7 billion in claims it was noted that this was consistent with the Treasury estimate and this was not presenting liquidity issues," Morrison said. "The head of APRA has advised us and the industry estimates of what the claims would be have not been ...