COVID-19

Features

Mike Taylor writes that the services of experienced financial advisers have never been in greater demand as clients attempt to come to terms with the market volatility be...

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Features

The chaos caused by COVID-19 is likely to be the final straw to tip Australia into its first recession in 30 years, with managers saying it could be ‘hard to escape’, Lau...

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Expert Analysis

COVID-19 may be damaging people’s views on China but the country is a global force and will likely become part of people’s future investment portfolios, writes Jonathan W...

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Funds management

Platform provider Netwealth is asserting robust financial health in the face of COVID-19 and impacts on inflows....

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority says it’s up to licensees to help advisers deal with continuing professional development in the face of COVID-19 rest...

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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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Funds management

DNR Capital has shared three tips for investors looking for cheap opportunities in blue-chip stocks presented by the COVID-19 sell-off....

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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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