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ASIC puts investment managers on notice over valuations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... appropriate discount rate in regards to low government bond yields and the risk premiums that should be attached to the risk free rate. ASIC said as a result of these variables that responsible entities may need to carry out valuations more often to ...

New platform launches for super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... reflects Parametric's pedigree in managing taxes, brokerage and other implementation frictions for super funds. It's not cost-free for funds to constantly adapt portfolios to their moving targets around returns, fees and other measures. "As with the ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... neighbour - notably, Queensland (where it's "beautiful one day, perfect the next")... and in the current setting, coronavirus-free. But unlike other winters' past, news.com.au writes that: "Thousands of Victorians are reportedly looking to flee ...

Chief economist update: Could COVID-19 dissenters be correct?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
"I see dead people." - The Sixth Sense Coronavirus conspiracy theorists and/or "sovereigns"-- those who refuse to obey government advice and/or restrictions for one reason/cause/principle or another - are getting a bad rap lately. Correction, they've ...

Chief economist update: It's about human life, not human rights

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
"We are all prisoners here of our own device." - Hotel California, The Eagles Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews declared Victoria in a "State of Disaster" from 6pm on August 2 and imposed Stage 4 restrictions that will run for six weeks (until September ...

Netwealth hits fund managers with new fee

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
... to issue another unit class that is costly." As an alternative, Netwealth's Investor Rewards program, which is admin fee free, allows fund managers to rebate 0.10% pa every Netwealth account holder who invests in a participating fund. He also declined ...

Wealth manager takes massive profit hit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
... circumstances, it has successfully completed its sale of AMP Life, which has served to simplify the portfolio. It said this has helped free up capital and deliver a foundational element if it's transformational strategy. AMP added its remediation program ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... deflation may just be a one-off. As ABS chief economist Bruce Hockman explains: "The June quarter fall was mainly the result of free child care (-95.0 per cent), a significant fall in the price of automotive fuel (-19.3 per cent) and a fall in pre-school ...

Value to be found in childcare stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... for the future and we expect the childcare sector will now always be considered "too important to fail." The provision of "free" childcare during the recent crisis also sets a precedent which is likely to support calls for further long-term government ...

State Street warns of dot-com parallels

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... had been testing for fundamental investors. "Searching out proven business models with solid financials that can generate free cash flow and are more resilient to economic shocks would appear to be out of vogue," he said. "In this environment we may ...