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CBA Group Super posts -7.7% returns for March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
CBA Group Super's balanced option returned -7.7% in March quarter amid COVID-19 volatility, pushing its one-year returns into the negative territory while longer-term remain buoyant. The average not-for-profit superannuation fund's posted -9% ...

Recruitment, salaries slide in financial services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
"What a difference a pandemic makes," Kaizen Recruitment noted in an update on the state of recruitment activity in Australian financial services. Kaizen found that while clients pushed ahead with filling essential talent gaps and some have attempted ...

US fund manager expands into Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
A US-based fund manager has continued its push into Australia with the announcement of a newly created role. GQG Partners announced the appointment of Jane Wang to the newly created role of client service and operations associate. Wang's appointment ...

How wealth management must respond to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
Global consulting firm McKinsey & Company has issued a new report on how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact wealth management in the Asia Pacific region, including what might happen if the virus continues to spread. "Past epidemic crises have had sharp ...

Industry fund continues investment team expansion

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... fund through the current period of market volatility. "I'm thrilled to welcome Luke permanently to the team as part of our push to build out our internal investment capability and deepen relationships with key partners that will help us continue to deliver ...

COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
Despite global market rebounds, Natixis Investment Managers believes the economic damage of the COVID-19 pandemic will stretch several quarters beyond the containment of the virus. There are now nearly two million confirmed cases of the coronavirus ...

Trading platforms see record use

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic saw Australia's equity markets become a hive of activity throughout March, as self-directed investors moved to protect their portfolios from the crisis' economic fallout. Investment platform Self Wealth released its quarterly ...

Chief economist update: Credit ratings downgrades versus fiscal salvation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) acted quickly in response to the coronavirus outbreak. In an emergency meeting on March 16, the Japanese central bank announced it would buy ETFs at an annual pace of ¥12 trillion, double its J-REIT purchases to ¥180 billion ...

COVID-19 to push life premiums up: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
Latest Rice Warner analysis shows the COVID-19 crisis is hitting an already suffering life insurance industry, hard. To survive, the industry will need to change. New analysis from research house Rice Warner reveals the life insurance sector will be ...

Stimulus is finite: Prime Minister

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... government has been considering visas in light of the crisis, but did not elaborate on that issue. "What the virus has done is push pause on the global economy. That has never happened before," Morrison said. The six-month timeline for the shutdowns ...