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Optimism, resilience high on the recruitment checklist

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Workers looking for new employment in the superannuation and investment industries need to display qualities of optimism, self-motivation, resilience and mental agility to nab a role during the COVID-19 crisis. That's according to specialist recruiter ...

We cannot prevent the blow: PM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... case made for spending more and for spending longer, and there are plenty who are happy to make that case. But it is not a wise or responsible course," he said. "Such a path is dangerous and will prejudice medium and longer term capacity to deliver on ...

Kyckr to raise $10m, rich lister on board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
The ASX-listed regtech is raising $10 million to support international sales growth and product development, with existing investor and rich lister Richard White indicating support. Kyckr has received commitments for $8 million before costs via a new ...

Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Financial advisers looking to sell their business in the midst of COVID-19 would be wise not to accept discounted offers, with experts saying the pandemic has barely touched the market. Speaking with Financial Standard, Radar Results founder John Birt ...

Australia facing largest ever GDP fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... will continue, there is no doubt that they will help boost financial asset prices. "With this firmly in their minds, market-wise investors will know be looking to bolster their portfolios before the next round of cuts and the likely subsequent price ...

Market pain to continue: State Street

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... fixed income/cash as we materially de-risked the portfolio mitigating the negative returns seen in markets. "Performance wise, although we maintained diversified exposures across equities, fixed income and alternatives the fund delivered a negative return ...

Isolated advisers enter the digital age

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... doctors are on the frontline of the health crisis, he argued, financial advisers are on the frontline of the economic crisis. Wise Investment Advisers founder Bruce Davis has embraced technology to continue delivering advice to his clients during the ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... because of skinnier dividend. "Investors are expecting a certain return profile, to change that drastically is perhaps not wise. There are scenarios where they will underperform in certain market environments and this is one of them," he said. "Active ...

Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... and it should be preserved in that way, much the same as people withdrawing from their superannuation [savings]. It is not wise for the government to take away from either reserve," she said.

Return of the king

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Holding cash as part of your portfolio may not be sexy, but in uncertain times investors are rushing back to old faithful. In January this year, Financial Standard published a piece on cash management and all those who held cash also held the same mentality ...