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Financial planning

NAB has moved to separate out MLC Wealth for financial reporting purposes as it continues to work its way through increasing remediation costs, including those covering N...

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Funds management

Every single Australian-domiciled ‘sustainable’ fund outperformed the ASX 200 over the three months to 31 March, 2020, putting the rest to theory that sustainable does no...

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Funds management

The relative performance of three sub-universes of targeted volatility, socially responsible investing and long short, outperformed the index in Q1, according to Mercer....

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Features

With equities falling and rates at record lows, Laura Dew speaks to multi-asset managers on how they are utilising their flexible mandates to withstand volatile markets....

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Funds management

Faced with COVID-19 factors, Westpac has announced new and increased provisioning and asset write-downs totalling around $1.4 billion....

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Funds management

ETF trading volumes continued to grow in March, hitting an all-time high of $18 billion in turnover, according to BetaShares. ...

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Financial planning

Financial services software firm, Iress has decided to withdraw its FY20 guidance due to ‘the broader uncertainty surrounding COVID-19’. ...

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Funds management

First it was industry superannuation funds announcing downward revaluations of their unlisted assets, now major property funds started announcing similar processes....

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Funds management

The firm is reviewing staffing levels, senior management salaries, and directors’ fees as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic....

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Superannuation

The decision by the owners of research and ratings house Zenith to call off their bid for Chant West has resulted in the initiation of court action....

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Funds management

There is likely to be a ‘lasting reduction’ in demand for travel firms and cruise companies even after the market recovers from COVID-19, according to Magellan....

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Funds management

AMP Capital predicts ASX200 dividends will be cut by a third over the next 12 months, a larger cut to dividends than during the global financial crisis....

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Funds management

The current state of market offers great opportunities for contrarian investors with a focus on fundamentals, Allan Gray’s chief investment officer said....

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Financial planning

Despite the current market uncertainty, OneVue has confirmed its continuing expectation that it will complete the transaction for the sale of Madison Financial Group in A...

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Financial planning

AMP has withdrawn its outlook due to challenges in providing accurate forecasts for this year stemmed from COVID-19 but remained on track to complete 80% of its client re...

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