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Hostplus responds to PDS controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
Hostplus has responded to a series of reports suggesting the fund does not have ample liquidity to handle the government's plan to allow people to access their super early and claims it updated its PDS in preparation for mass redemptions. As part of ...

Stimulus is finite: Prime Minister

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
The Australian government has made public the modelling that is informing its COVID-19 response, revealing why the JobKeeper payment works off a six month timeframe. Asked at a press conference how the modelling was helping with the economic response ...

Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Gone are the days of 'business as usual' with Australia's capital cities and skyscrapers empty and its employees now working from the comfort (and safety) of their homes. But what impact will this have on our real estate investments? Prior ...

Could relief on advice compliance save consumers?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... it would still apply in every case," Macdonald said. "We are in unprecedented times. The relief we would like to see is to free up capacity so advisers can focus on seeing clients and everyday Australians and help them get the right advice for their ...

Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Financial advisers and investors in fixed income funds are feeling the heat as markets trade less frequently in the ongoing COVID-19 correction, and they are slugged with exit costs. Unlisted managed fixed income funds from giants like Vanguard and ...

Shortseller ordered to pay $900,000 by court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
The New South Wales supreme court has ordered Bonitas Research and its principal Matthew Wiechert to pay about $900,000 in damages and costs to ASX-listed Rural Funds Management. Texas-based Bonitas, last August, published a report alleging RFF was ...

Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
The spread of COVID-19 has seen a dramatic turn in the global economy; where earlier this year growth was almost tangibly real, now a downward trajectory towards deep recession seems much more likely. But one asset manager believes there is both opportunity ...

Count Financial adds tech integrations

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... work remotely has been a proof point of our investment in cloud-based technology." Rowe said the new tech integrations would free up adviser time to focus on delivering advice to their clients. "Prior to this change, if advisers wanted to make any investment ...

Vanguard launches simplified investment platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... giant's new Vanguard Personal Investor offering will allow Australians to invest in the firm's Australian-listed ETFs brokerage free, in a move Vanguard said is aligned to its "ongoing commitment" to lower the cost of investing. The platform will charge ...

COVID-19 spurs greater scrutiny of foreign investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced that all proposed foreign investment into Australia will be subject to regulatory approval to protect national interests during the COVID-19 crisis. The temporary measures, which came into effect on Sunday ...