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...
Financial planning
La Trobe Financial has announced measures to help those businesses affected by COVID-19....
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...
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. ...
Financial planning
Both advisers and their clients are opting for telephone and screen-based consultations amid growing fears around transmission of the coronavirus....
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....
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. ...
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....
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....
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...
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....
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....
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....
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....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission Annual Forum and Annual Dinner will be rescheduled for a later date....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...