CORONAVIRUS

Funds management

First Sentier Investors’ multi-asset team has completed its asset allocation review for April with a move to credit and bonds over equities....

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Financial planning

The free guide was designed to help consumers manage their finances during the crisis....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers have been lumped in with people the Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleges are involved in inappropriate behaviour around superannuat...

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Funds management

Investors should take a “glass half full” outlook to Australia, according to T. Rowe Price, as the country has a strong fiscal backdrop in place as it re-opens following ...

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Funds management

The COVID-19 crisis is expected to accelerate underlying disruptive forces which will increase the difference between companies, sectors and countries, according to PIMCO...

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Financial planning

Australian Ethical is among 155 global companies supporting a UN-backed campaign to urge governments to align their COVID-19 recovery plans with climate science. ...

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Life/Risk

Financial Services Council member life insurers won’t deny total and permanent disability claims for those who lost employment because of COVID-19....

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Financial planning

Stalling the extension of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam deadline reinforced that politicians “simply don’t care” about the financial advice se...

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Funds management

Downward earnings revisions and bearish signals are still indicating headwinds in the US economy in a similar way to 2008, despite any short-term market rallies, accordin...

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Features

While the COVID-19 pandemic has created a lot of stress, anxiety and uncertainty for financial advisers, one of the biggest positives has been the ability for them to hav...

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Expert Analysis

The recovery from stockmarket lows in March has been the fastest rebound in history, writes Sinead Rafferty, so investors are seeking those companies which will thrive du...

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Tools & guides

With the Budget postponed until October, the economic stimulus measures implemented for COVID-19 mean advisers have to contend with a whole new world, writes Jeff Scott....

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Financial planning

Dealer groups have done well to equip advisers with guidelines and interpretations for any queries their clients have....

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Financial planning

The Adelaide-based accounting and wealth advisory firm has expanded its private wealth division with the acquisition of Wortherspoon Wealth....

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Financial planning

The AFA has called on the Labor Party to support the one-year extension for advisers to meet exam requirements as the party had withdrawn its previous support....

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

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