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Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... uncertainty surrounding the economic implications of the spreading COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear; if business leaders are not consistent, empathetic and clear with their response, they should prepare to face the music. Although it is impossible ...

Could relief on advice compliance save consumers?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... advice rather than Statements of Advice, for example." Anderson said he's conscious that an SOA is something clients might not be able to wait for in the current circumstance. Transitioning grandfathered commission clients and studying for the FASEA ...

Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... especially if this involuntary experiment with mobile working has resulted in comparable levels of efficiency," he said. "It does not mean that companies will cut down on their office footprint drastically, but it is likely that there might be a stronger ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... never return to their old habits. "Once the slow adopters are forced to order their first lot of groceries online, they may not revert," Mitchell said. "Once that habit is formed, they may not go back." Jason Kururangi, investment manager at Aberdeen ...

Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
The government's $213 billion stimulus package is set to push up the country's total debt but experts say it is not reason enough to draw down on the sovereign wealth fund. The government has so far announced $213 billion in stimulus spending ...

Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... are seeing right now is that there is no meeting of the minds between the buyers and the sellers," Vynokur says. "ETFs are not trading at a discount themselves, but the underlying bonds are trading less frequently and so the net asset value (which is ...

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 ...

Bigger balances, bigger blow: Elia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... "Half the membership of Hostplus account for less than 2% of funds under management. It's a lot of money but it's not a lot of money relative to the size of the fund," he said. Elia also dismissed talk of liquidity issues. Just yesterday APRA ...

Shortseller ordered to pay $900,000 by court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... letter sent from Wiechert to Rural's lawyers stated the intention and showed confidence that Bonitas thought it could not be sued in Australia. Instead, Wiechert reminded his opponent of the US's strong freedom of speech laws and Rural's ...

Super fighting a war on three fronts: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... it externally through a third party?" Ryan said. "That creates an additional challenge in this environment, because you're not only controlling what's happening in your own trustee office, but you're also worried about what's the ability of your service ...