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COVID-19 to hasten merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
Latest analysis of Australia's superannuation industry shows COVID-19 may prove the catalyst for small superannuation funds to finally pull the trigger and merge. Rice Warner believes the turmoil experienced across financial services will soon force ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... an uncomfortably high risk of a pretty aggressive pullback in the short-term, should some sort of 'bad news' catalyst cause sentiment to flip," he said. Fidelity International cross-asset specialist Anthony Doyle said that while conditions remain ...

No joy in the advice world this Christmas

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... course for financial advisers this Christmas, says financial services veteran. The Christmas season may potentially be the catalyst for action by exhausted advisers who are feeling physically, financially and mentally spent from reform fatigue, according ...

Sam Henderson attempts to set record straight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... resources behind mental health initiatives to support members. Henderson told Financial Standard that statistic was the catalyst for him to speak publicly. "I wasn't planning on saying anything; I haven't said anything to anyone. I haven't ...

Industry still shy of flat dollar fees: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
A report from Frontier Advisors suggests superannuation funds and investment managers are still not comfortable with flat dollar fees. The report, titled 'Managing costs and aligning interests: A decade on', written by director Fiona Trafford-Walker ...

Value facing unprecedented rally: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... has created the opportunity to hedge, but getting in at the right time is the hard part. "Those that are waiting for a catalyst risk missing out on the recovery. Even with the ability of hindsight I have not met anyone that is able to tell me what the ...

One in three chance of global recession: Aviva

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... there was a permanent resolution to the trade war, something we currently put a very low probability on, it could be the catalyst for a re-rating, particularly for value stocks that have performed particularly poorly over the past 12 months." The report ...

Discounted LIC fund opens to all

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... said. "We think a range of factors, including an increase in activist investors coming on to LIC registers, will act as a catalyst to close the discount gap. "We are specifically targeting those LICs where we see the most potential for those discounts ...

Fintech off to slow start in 2019: KPMG

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... banking continues to be a big driver of investment for both incumbent and challenger banks. It is expected to be the catalyst in developing partnerships that allow fintechs to grow, and open opportunities for incumbent banks to enhance their competitiveness ...

New AFCA remit not enough: Law firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... worse off. "I have had two clients come in with cases such cases, including one particularly large matter. That was the catalyst for our request to the Treasury," said Dan Creevey, who heads the dispute resolution team at Brisbane-based Creevey Russell ...