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Northern Trust races up custody league tables

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... underlying institutions adjusting their portfolios in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "According to a recent ACSA member survey, 82%of asset servicing professionals are working from home. At the same time we have witnessed record volumes of transactions ...

Challenges on the horizon for CountPlus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... annual gross revenue each compared to the $78,000 of the advisers that left. In addition, Count Financial undertook a member survey revealing 83% of respondents would refer the dealer group to a financial adviser looking to change licensee. The company ...

Advisers more bearish than clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
This year is the first time financial advisers have been less optimistic than retail investors, with advisers only anticipating capital gains of 1.3% over the next 12 months from local shares. That's according to the latest data from Investment Trends ...

Chief economist update: Japan economy tanks depsite looser restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... monetary stimuli to mitigate the fallout from the pandemic. So far, it's not looking good. The au Jibun Bank Japan PMI survey shows private sector activity remains in contraction in August - the seventh straight month for the composite PMI; the ninth ...

Clients value advice during pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
Many advised clients are sticking with their financial planners as COVID-19 tests the resilience of practices, according to Investment Trends. The latest study from the research house surveyed nearly 700 financial advisers in May at the height of the ...

Chief economist update: Comeback COVID

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... the single currency region is slowing economic activity. This is evidenced by the latest IHS Markit Flash Eurozone PMI survey. The flash Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index fell back to a two-month low reading of 51.6 in August after surging to a two-year ...

COVID-19 dampens CFO outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... majority of chief financial officers feeling pessimistic about the financial profitability of their companies, a new Deloitte survey finds. But many see a silver lining amid the doom and gloom. More than half (58%) of the CFOs surveyed said navigating ...

Corporate climate risk disclosures must show more: IGCC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
Investors using companies' climate change risk disclosures to manage investment decisions and portfolio risk want more changes to understand how the risk information translates into action. The latest report by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) ...

Unmet advice needs increases for SMSF trustees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
Self-managed superannuation (SMSF) trustees are faced with unmet advice needs as costs and confidence in financial advisers stands in the way. The Vanguard Investment Trends Planner Report revealed a 6% increase in the number of SMSF trustees with unmet ...

ACCC flags dangers of ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... hardship as a result of COVID-19 by giving them gift cards. All people had to do to get a gift card was fill in an online survey which included a few questions about their super. It's too early to say how much money has been lost in these early release ...