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Superannuation startup launches raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
A superannuation startup is pushing ahead with a retail raise to be followed by an institutional one next month. GigSuper is aiming to raise $100,000 to $400,000 from retail investors, in a crowdfunded equity campaign launched yesterday. The fund is ...

Mayfair 101 reveals new sub-division, hires chief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
Embattled Mayfair 101 is pushing ahead with its plans to develop a tourism attraction at Dunk Island and a luxury hotel and apartment building in Venice, Italy despite COVID-19 throttling the tourism industry. Despite action from ASIC limiting its promotion ...

Markets slump as US jobless claims hit 30m

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
US bourses fell overnight after data revealed 3.8 million Americans filed for unemployment last week. Over the past six weeks, 30.3 million Americans have filed claims for unemployment benefits as businesses shutter thanks to coronavirus shutdowns. ...

Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... least dumbfounded. Despite a recession knocking on the world's door, investors keep looking beyond the doom and gloom to push global bourses higher, with US markets now roughly up 30% since their March 23 lows. Since markets hit their bottom, the ...

More super funds will merge: QMV

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... the scale to compete," Forbes said. "A lot of funds, if they haven't already been talking about merging, COVID-19 will push it up the agenda." Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has pointed out that APRA does have the ability to direct super funds to merge ...

Investment approaches in change phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
The COVID-19 crisis may be the push superannuation funds needed as investment processes make the switch from strategic asset allocation (SAA) to a total portfolio approach (TPA). At the end of 2019, before the effects of the pandemic reached Australian ...

Adviser fears over ASIC relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... and advocacy bodies, those that actually provide financial advice fear new temporary relief measures offered by ASIC may push Australians towards conflicted advice. On April 14 ASIC announced a raft of measures aimed at assisting the industry with providing ...

FASEA too soft on ethical investing: Advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... change risk disclosure reporting levels and the Modern Slavery Act," she said. "There's this pull from regulatory and this push from climate demand. Larry Fink just announced all of Blackrock's [active] funds will take sustainability into account. He ...

Gargantuan stimulus needed to survive economic disaster

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
Economic experts are calling on the government to commit to "gargantuan" fiscal stimulus measures, amounting to at least 15-20% of Australia's GDP per year for the next two to three years. Anything less, they argue, will run the risk of a debt-default ...

Pandemic puts pressure on ETF spreads

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
The spreads on many exchange-traded products were wider than usual amid the COVID-19 market crash, with price discovery becoming increasingly more difficult. That's according to ETF Securities co-head of sales Kanish Chugh, who pointed to global equity ...