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Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... prediction; it is not solid enough to make a long-term investment decision." After 30 years working in markets, Hua said he has never seen anything like this before. "I've seen a lot of crises, but this is not a financial crisis," he said. "So before ...

More super funds will merge: QMV

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... He pointed out that regulators and government may have been frustrated by mergers that have been flagged in the past but never eventuated. "The reason for that, in my view, has often been about the merging of the boards. There's been a lot of politics ...

FASEA too soft on ethical investing: Advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... demanded advisers consider whether those investments were really in the best long term financial interests of the client. FASEA never said advisers had to have a discussion with their clients on their ethical preferences when it comes to investing. "I ...

Westpac flags $2.2bn impairment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
The big four bank has flagged its 1H20 results will likely include an impairment charge of more than $2.2 billion - more than half of which is attributed to COVID-19. Announcing the expected charge this morning, Westpac said the $2.238 billion impairment ...

Praemium adds Chi-X products

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... capital markets endure significant volatility and the economic outlook remains uncertain, the role of financial advisers has never been more important. A broader product suite helps our advisers provide a greater choice of investments to suit their clients' ...

Aussie ETF investors got oil bets wrong before crash

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
Australians last week poured $35 million in the country's only ETF tracking crude oil futures, and were stung hard when WTI May contracts slipped into negative territory in Monday's trading. BetaShares Crude Oil Index ETF (OOO) tracks an index ...

Has COVID-19 solved the advice problem?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... it brought clients into the homes of advisers. "So while it's not as personable and as good as being face-to-face - it's never going to replace that - there is this weird level of extra personal engagement because the kids run around behind you or the ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
COVID-19 shut downs and volatility are not holding back a Sydney-based boutique's plans to launch a new fund. Contact Asset Management tested its new small/mid cap fund via a paper portfolio for 18 months, before hitting launch in mid-March. The ...

The five threats to super fund survival

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... differentiate from competitors, the use of artificial intelligence technologies, and the need to keep up with the sector's never-ending regulatory changes. According to SS&C, the next 12 months will see more super funds move towards hybrid operating ...

Millions jobless within weeks: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
New Grattan Institute analysis estimates up to 3.4 million Australians could soon be out of work. The think-tank's latest analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic predicts that between 14 and 26% of Australian workers could be out of a job within ...