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FSC appoints deputy chief executive

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed a former Westpac head as its deputy chief executive. Blake Briggs nabbed the role after spending two years as Westpac's head of government affairs, and will rejoin the FSC in May. Briggs previously ...

Vale Ted Evans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
Tributes are flowing for former Westpac chair and Treasury secretary Ted Evans, who passed away over the weekend. Evans, who had been battling cancer, joined the Australian Treasury in 1968 and devoted 43 years of his working life to public service ...

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 ...

Changes to foreign investment rules hurt managed funds

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
A Chinese-Australian funds manager has slammed changes to the foreign investment review framework, arguing they will damage the Australian economy and its managed funds businesses. Atlas Advisors Australia said the new temporary FIRB rules would curb ...

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 ...

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 ...

Asset values could drop to 2017 levels: MSCI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
MSCI believes the unlisted real estate assets of Australia's superannuation funds could drop to levels last seen in late 2017 as a result of recent out-of-cycle write downs on unlisted assets. New analysis by MSCI Research executive director Bryan Reid ...

Will COVID-19 kill the balanced option?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
As consumers saw their superannuation balances nosedive when the COVID-19 pandemic began wreaking havoc on the market, many were surprised to learn their retirement savings weren't quite as safe as they thought, reigniting the debate around 'balanced' ...

Consumers looking for reassurance: MetLife

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
New research from MetLife shows Australian consumers are looking to financial institutions to alleviate anxiety during the current COVID-19 crisis, but more than half claim they haven't heard from their super fund. MetLife's COVID-19 Insights revealed ...

BlackRock bullish on China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
Chinese equity valuations are near or below long-term averages and with projected growth of 15% now is the time to pounce, according to BlackRock. The investment company said the lower starting point for price/earnings ratios has mitigated downward ...