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Morningstar boosts financial planning capabilities

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... proven to stand the test of time," he said. "These capabilities will only become more important as planning grows more central to the value advisors deliver to clients and as the industry puts more focus on ensuring investment plans are best suited for ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
The day you, I and Irene lost sleep over contemplating the potency of future central bank policy actions, given their sharply reduced firepower, when the next threat to the global economy comes. The coronavirus outbreak has brought that day upon us. ...

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... 2 television. "There will be concerted action." The power of the equity markets at its best! Sure, individual country central banks and fiscal authorities have been acting/giving assurances of supporting their respective domestic economies as cases of ...

IOOF restructures leadership team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... continue to be responsible for the advice business in his new role, but with an expanded focus on how advice will play a central role in the wealth manager's future, adding the new role "reinforces the importance of financial advice to IOOF's strategy ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... Barclays Global Aggregate TR Hedged AUD indexes returned 7.26% and 7.19%, respectively, in 2019," Zaychuk said. "With global central banks keeping interest rates low in conjunction with the promise of lower fees for passive vehicles, demand for fixed ...

TCorp launches new bond

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... infrastructure at $54 billion industry fund Cbus. TCorp currently has $108 billion in funds under management. It is the central borrowing authority for NSW, with a balance sheet of $82 billion.

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... 2019 - followed up by three rate cuts during the year - delivered strong equity market gains around the world, the US central bank's readiness would, at the very least, limit losses. Not only that, the recent correction on Wall Street is not only ...

Remain liquid, defensive and patient: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... it is important to have defensive income allocations and that is going to continue going forward." In Schroders' view, central bank intervention is still the main game in town, with ongoing intervention now unanimous with the US Federal Reserve reversing ...

EM debt relatively unscathed by virus: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... (EM) debt team said the positive news has been driven by the expectation that the impact on growth will be temporary, and central banks will intervene with lower rates. "Obviously, the risk to EM debt will likely grow if the severity of the pandemic ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... Oxford expects the US and the Eurozone to go into technical recessions in the first half of 2020. Finance ministers and central bank governors from G20 nations - recently meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - also acknowledged the serious risk to global ...