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Rejigging retirement income: First Sentier Investors

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... income solution for retirement," he said. "For many people thinking about retirement income solutions there is still a reliance on using cash, fixed interest and bonds but there is a broadening of that allocation framework and equities have been called ...

Investment strategies need to change: GSFM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... all transactions. Heightened regulation in recent years has permanently impacted broker dealer capacity. Consequently, reliance on the broker dealer community for liquidity purposes is challenged in many environments." Souders said fixed income liquidity ...

Experts battle for GST reform

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Supporting the road to recover, the review noted that there was "a strong case for reforming the GST and reducing our reliance on more harmful taxes, while re-directing a portion of revenue to lower income households so they do not bear the burden of ...

Land tax, not stamp duty: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... Review of Federal Financial Relations draft report says there is a strong case for reforming GST and reducing the nation's reliance on more harmful taxes, while re-directing a portion of revenue to lower income households so they do not bear the burden ...

Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... so. This, despite universal superannuation being an amalgamation of both Liberal and Labor values, Jones says. "Self-reliance, which the Liberals often claim as their animating force, means providing for yourself and not being a burden on others. Having ...

Balanced funds fundamentally flawed

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... particularly destructive for those nearing retirement. "A weakness of traditional asset allocation approaches is the reliance upon asset class return forecasting and varying correlations in the build of a relatively poor risk management framework," he ...

Mortgage Choice Financial Planning rebrands

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... era" of advice. "We set up our licence model in 2012 to be sustainable and adaptable to change," he said. "We have no reliance on grandfathered revenue, no cross subsidisation from volume bonuses, no cross subsidisation from product manufacturing and ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... diversified revenue sources, are more susceptible to idiosyncratic shocks (that is, during a global pandemic), and have greater reliance on equity capital markets for funding. Because of this, the ability of small cap managers to respond to the rapidly ...

Isolated advisers enter the digital age

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
In an industry known for its reliance on pen and paper, financial advisers have been quick to pivot their business models in the face of COVID-19 and embrace technology. For tech-savvy advisers the COVID-19 spurred shutdown will likely see no material ...

Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... date, while Hong Kong has held up the best down 23%." The significant downturn in Australia was owed to the country's reliance on retail, he said. "Almost 50% of the AREIT benchmark is comprised of retail REITs. Retail has been under pressure in ...