COVID-19

Funds management

Tools such as text mining of shareholder reports are used to determine if a firm is making unsubstantiated claims about its ethical and environmental practices. ...

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Funds management

Australian investors have “cooled their appetite” for equity funds after six months of record buying, according to the quarterly Calastone Fund Flow Index....

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Financial planning

Due to the Sydney lockdown, the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is currently assessing its options for exam takers....

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Funds management

E-commerce, cybersecurity, online education, and digital payments are well-positioned for substantial growth in the long-term, according to Franklin Templeton....

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Financial planning

COVID-19 has driven the awareness of the importance of professional advice by 54% in the past 12 months, according to ClearView....

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Features

The COVID-19 pandemic tested traditional asset allocations and portfolio builds, writes Chris Dastoor, so what lessons have been learnt a year on?...

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Features

The outlook for emerging markets over the next 12 months is challenging and patience is important for advisers looking to invest in the asset class, Jassmyn Goh writes....

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Policy & Regulation

New research from the Actuaries Institute has revealed how JobKeeper and other Government measures have temporarily reduced the generational wealth gap....

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Funds management

Drugs are unlikely to be developed as fast as the COVID-19 vaccine, according to American Century fund manager Michael Li, with testing likely to revert back to strict pr...

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Life/Risk

Despite rumours suggesting otherwise, the Financial Services Council says receiving the COVID-19 vaccine will not invalidate life insurance policies....

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Funds management

Investors should remain cautious about extrapolating short-term cyclical boosts into a presumption of a higher secular trend rate of growth or inflation, according to Wes...

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Features

Despite the move to remote working, the impact of the pandemic on the property market was not as bad as people had expected, writes Oksana Patron....

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Expert Analysis

Government debt accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic will set a precedent for the next economic cycle, Kerry Craig, writes....

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Financial planning

As COVID-19 social security measures have ended, the most asked about topics from financial advisers during the first quarter of the year were on longer-term retirement p...

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Policy & Regulation

With extensive remote working due to the COVID-19 pandemic, company IT systems are at high risk of vulnerability for directors and officers, according to a survey....

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