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Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... "Things will be driven more by economic data, company results and medical/scientific information regarding the pandemic rather than sentiment. "The reason why we are a little more bullish recently is that we expect the market to get a bit of a bump as ...

Super CIOs defend illiquid assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... think that portfolio construction, investment strategy or risk management actually changes because of COVID-19," he said. Rather, Rieck said, COVID-19 is a valuable lesson on the importance of understanding risk. "Risk management in particular is the ...

Investment approaches in change phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... portfolios but make better use of it." Unger said building a portfolio that is more in lines with the goals of the organisation rather than trying to perform to a particular benchmark or peer group is a key difference. "Having a much stronger focus on ...

Former Spectrum Wealth, NAB advisers banned

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... regulator following surveillance. ASIC said Myers claimed she was only facilitating the establishment of SMSFs for her clients, rather than providing financial advice. However, the regulator alleged Myers gave her clients financial product advice recommending ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... debate should center on the alpha created by good active managers and the value that can be saved avoiding the bad ones, rather than active versus passive strategies. Currently, passive investment funds account for more than 30% of the funds in the Australian ...

Queensland funds delay merger

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... activities; all frontline employees remain dedicated to servicing our members, albeit with a focus on phone and digital rather than face-to-face," the fund said. In fact, the fund revealed it has recruited more frontline staff to maintain its services ...

Australians hate complexity, not annuities: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... people think and that account-based pensions may be the main product in the market simply by default or out of ignorance, rather than actual preference." When the researchers asked study participants to choose between two annuity products though, they ...

ASIC urges insurance flexibility

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... response to COVID-19. "Consumers who are struggling to pay their insurance premiums may simply allow the policy to lapse rather than contact their insurer to cancel it," the regulator said. "If an insurer relies on consumers to contact them to discuss ...

A case for flexible asset allocation: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... goes back to the investor [being able] to select the appropriate risk level for themselves and potentially switch funds, rather than allowing the underlying manager to manage the overall risk. "Dynamically adjusting allocations and risk can often be ...

ANZ accused of exploiting staff

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... leave," FSU secretary Julia Angrisano said. "ANZ and chief executive Shayne Elliot should be signing up to Team Australia rather than worrying about gold plating his results." All staff at ANZ in Australia have been asked to use their accrued leave ...