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Chief economist update: Lock us down Scotty!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... all social interaction and commercial activity for two weeks or two months - to lower and stop the rate of infections -- rather than spending an ever growing amount of money tyring to mitigate the growing number of infections. Latest reports tell of ...

Frontier warns super fund clients of recession

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... the modelling. We are doing our own modelling to trying to give our clients a sense of the type of [economic slowdown] rather than a hard number." Frontier's modelling says there is a risk of 317,000 job losses if COVID-19 shocks stretch out through ...

ClearView rated stable

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... from its WealthSolutions platform to HUB24, however the firm will not close the offering. It will transition to HUB24, rather than operate a fully-outsourced CV-issued platform. As part of the deal, ClearView's primary superannuation life insurance ...

Low rates support some bond managers: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... said it is common in periods of severe uncertainty for investors to place greater importance on the return of capital, rather than the return on capital. "Credit spreads have widened especially further down the quality spectrum, and credit issuance softened. ...

AMP Life, AMP Capital fined

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... way. The communications in question regarded provision of investment directions to stay with CFS' FirstChoice Fund rather than transitioning to the CFS MySuper product. ASIC's case focuses on template letters sent to members and 46 telephone ...

ASIC drags CFS to court over MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... way. The communications in question regarded provision of investment directions to stay with CFS' FirstChoice Fund rather than transitioning to the CFS MySuper product. ASIC's case focuses on template letters sent to members and 46 telephone ...

FASEA rethinks CPD, provides exam update

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... noted that FASEA does not have effective control over the CPD requirement as FASEA is not a monitoring and enforcing body - rather, it is the requirement of licensees to monitor CPD. At this stage, the exams scheduled for 2 April 2020 and 7 April 2020 ...

Afterpay coughs up $1.5m over US loans

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... "In both cases, the DBO concluded purported credit sales made by the lenders' merchant partners were not bona fide but, rather, were structured to evade otherwise applicable consumer protections," the regulator said.

US turns to QE, RBA to follow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... investors, saying an "activist" central bank can cast a long shadow on markets with no guarantee of achieving its goals. "Rather, it is the unforeseen consequences that investors must navigate. We believe it's not too early for the investment community ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... officer Jens Peers thinks that eventually the funds we now consider to be niche ESG or sustainable offerings will be the norm rather than the exception. "Right now, there's more demand for ESG investing. Women and millennials particularly want to ...