CORONAVIRUS

Funds management

With a recent change in policy in Saudi Arabia, there will be a growing weakness for many nations that are heavily reliant on oil, with the possibility of unrest, accordi...

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Financial planning

La Trobe Financial has announced measures to help those businesses affected by COVID-19....

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Financial planning

Advisers are concerned that the increasing focus on COVID-19 and the Government’s related economic stimulus package will delay passage of the legislation necessary to ext...

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Funds management

Despite the world rushing to find a vaccine for COVID-19, biotech and healthcare funds have not been able to maintain their former strong returns. ...

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Financial planning

Both advisers and their clients are opting for telephone and screen-based consultations amid growing fears around transmission of the coronavirus....

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Financial planning

A senior adviser has written to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority urging it to deliver CPD relief amid a myriad of cancelled seminars and conferences....

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Funds management

Western governments are less likely to be able to contain COVID-19 compared to China which will lead to longer volatility in equity markets, according to Antipodes. ...

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Financial planning

The April exam will continue as planned, but FASEA will advise candidates if a decision by ACER or the government means they have to change....

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Policy & Regulation

Large market participants have been ordered by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to reduce market trades by 25% as the regulator moves to bring order....

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Funds management

The Australian Securities Exchange has launched its business continuity plan to ensure market operations will not be disrupted after an employee tested positive for COVID...

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Funds management

The outbreak of the COVID-19 and measures taken across the Asia Pacific to contain it will damage economic activity across the region, according to Fitch Ratings....

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Funds management

A New Zealand healthcare firm is one of the few stocks to see a material increase in its share price in light of COVID-19....

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Funds management

Investors who anticipated a recovery in global growth only a few weeks ago, are now ready to price in a global recession, according to Janus Henderson Investors....

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Funds management

According to BetaShares’ chief economist, the trade and travel restrictions placed by the Trump Administration could lead to recession, despite attempts at a stimulus....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission Annual Forum and Annual Dinner will be rescheduled for a later date....

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