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Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... had been initiated in the first half of the year. Surprisingly, these were not driven by poor pandemic performance, but rather, were a "continuation of pre-existing plans and proactive strategic or tactical responses to COVID-19 conditions". However ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... recommendations relating to life insurers, arguing the changes would enable insurers to only pay the medical bills of a sick worker, rather than an entire insurance claim.

Maurice Blackburn slams FSC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... Maurice Blackburn principal Josh Mennen said the changes would enable insurers to only pay the medical bills of a sick worker rather than paying out an entire insurance claim. "It's deeply troubling that the FSC is seeking to re-agitate this issue at ...

Rejigging retirement income: First Sentier Investors

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... policy over value creation. "Focus on long-term income generation on a dollar basis which is what the client understands, rather than a yield basis," he said. Minbatiwala said that retirement income solutions were relatively easy in an old regime where ...

Tax impacting super fund investment strategies: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... funds' ability to evolve their portfolios. "Our concern is that, on its face, baulking at a single, upfront tax cost sits rather uncomfortably with an espoused commitment to long-horizon investing," it said. "Investing is a long-horizon game designed ...

Sydney boutique expands team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... deliver even better outcomes for our clients over the long term," Arnold said. "As a team we all operate as generalists rather than specialists. Delian and Vic will come in and look at business across all the sectors we cover." "[There are] a lot of ...

Investment strategies need to change: GSFM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... structural change and technological disruption," Souders said. "Unlike equities, fixed income does not trade on an exchange, but rather over-the-counter, through a broker dealer community that facilitates all transactions. Heightened regulation in recent ...

Hume calls out ERS fake news

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... insurers, acknowledging that COVID-19 was likely to have a serious mental health impact over the short and long term. "Rather than having lump sum TPD claims, maybe there is a way life insurers could pay out for treatment rather than a lump sum? I have ...

Diversity screening option launched

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... better than those with weak corporate governance," he said. "For governance scores however, we use them as a negative screen rather than a positive one. That is, bad governance can make a quality score worse and therefore the company needs to be cheaper ...

Super fund COVID-19 requirements to remain

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... reforms. For the monthly reports, APRA clarified the monthly benefit is to be reported for income protection insurance claims rather than the value of the claim and that the claim duration refers to the time period between receipt of claim and claim ...