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APRA questioned on fund liquidity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... as well as the regulators scenarios for stress testing. "What sort of scenarios are assumed for stress tests such as, magnitude of market falls, levels of unemployment, magnitude of switching between options, and magnitude of switching between funds," ...

Australia versus the world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... imbalance that developed in the post-GFC cycle. The programs put in place by the Fed and ECB have done little to stem the magnitude of that leverage. "Australia has hitherto avoided that problem," he said. Anthony Kirkham, portfolio manager for the Legg ...

Super funds asked to model early release impact

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
APRA has asked superannuation funds to submit their in-house modelling on the magnitude of impact they are expecting from the Federal Government's special allowance for early release from superannuation. The prudential regulator asked superannuation ...

Will COVID-19 infect mortgages and RMBS?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... real estate financing market is in danger of inciting a liquidity freeze," Barrack said. "A market collapse of this magnitude would have catastrophic follow-on effects across the American economy." Meanwhile, closer to home La Trobe Financial (a non-bank ...

COVID-19 shaves $290bn off super

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... superannuation, about $2.2 trillion is non-self-managed. If we apply a 13% fall to this, it implies a loss in the order of magnitude of $290 billion," Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said. The country's largest superannuation ...

Why remediation jobs aren't short-term

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... was likely to have to repay more than 30% of the ongoing advice service fees charged by authorised representatives of Magnitude and Securitor. In its 2019 results, AMP estimated its remediation costs would hit $778 million. Many of the big banks have ...

Fund managers driven to alternatives: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... allocations for non-traditional investments have a broad scope between different multisector managers. "What is notable is the magnitude of the allowable ranges and the portion of the budget currently being used," the report said. "Pendal introduced ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... contained soon, job losses. For sure and for certain, this would take a toll on China's already slowing economy. The magnitude of the hit on Chinese GDP depends on how quickly (or not) COVID-19 is contained. The magnitude of the hit on Chinese GDP ...

Chief economist update: The rise and fall of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... the climb in oil prices. Brent oil prices declined by 4.4% while the price of WTI oil dropped by 5.1%. To be sure, the magnitude of the price surge and consequent decline pales in comparison to the experience of September 14 when the price of WTI oil ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... following month the group sold off part of its advice arm to Viridian Advisory and shuttered its aligned dealer groups, Magnitude and Securitor. Advisers were given the option of going elsewhere, though many ultimately made the transition to Viridian ...