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Property takes $237m hit

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
Total property sales across the country have dropped at least 30% after COVID-19 cases started increasing in March, with sales down $237 million compared to the same period last year. Total sales in Sydney have dropped 79% (-$454 million), while sales ...

Has COVID-19 solved the advice problem?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... improved because we've gone into a mode where we're talking to our client base a lot more," he said. "And what we're finding is that the assumptions that we made about our pre-retiree and retiree clients that maybe they wouldn't adopt a digital ...

Members begin to turn on industry funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... had declining month-on-month satisfaction in March and the challenge for all superannuation funds going forward will be finding ways to maintain customer satisfaction amid trying market conditions, reduced returns and ongoing uncertainty." Levine said ...

Recruitment, salaries slide in financial services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... last year just 40% of placements were female. Today LinkedIn released its new Workforce Confidence Index research, also finding a slide in salaries due to COVID-19 the government's action in shutting down industries. A poll of Australian LinkedIn users ...

Isolated advisers enter the digital age

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... Google Hangouts, because I found Zoom has become really slow thanks to the extra demand," she said. "For me, it's about finding a platform which has got the least resistance; if a client doesn't have to download a piece of software onto their ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... economic recovery," he said. "Instead they are embracing a combination of cheap valuations and lower earnings risk and are finding this in sectors which have low sensitivity to the massive economic growth hole that is in front of us." He pointed to these ...

1.5 metres to trigger real estate downfall

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... Investors are pricing in the impact of social distancing on REITs, Principal portfolio manager Janine Yoong said. "We are all finding ourselves in a situation that's definitely not business as usual," she said. "The market is pricing in the impact ...

Perpetual executive jumps to Xplore

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... confirm the appointment following an extensive market search. "We have been deliberate and considered in our approach to finding the right candidate for this role and look forward to Neil joining," Wright said. "Neil's 21 years' experience in ...

Boutique hires star analyst from Citi

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... "We are investing in the depth and strength of our research team, especially in the current environment, as we focus on finding companies that will benefit from the recent stimulus packages, and that are best positioned when the market recovers." Ausbil ...

Industry bodies work to ease regulatory burdens

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... for the client to deal with, for example, taking money from superannuation." Marshan sees shorter, more targeted fact finding processes and regulatory relief around the Statement of Advice as moves that could allow for unadvised people to access professional ...