COVID-19

Funds management

Now is the best time to get into value investing as we are witnessing one of the greatest dislocations between value and growth, according to Morningstar....

Financial planning

Although salaries were largely expected to be flat in 2021, financial planners with one to five years of experience are expected to be the exception, according to a surve...

Financial planning

With COVID-19 mostly under control in Australia, retirees are again looking to realise their plans to downsize their principal homes, according to BT....

Funds management

The companies that offer the greatest risk for investors in 2021 are the same companies that provided the greatest return for investors in 2020, according to State Street...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission need only regulate in the same terms it did for early release superannuation advice to extend intra-fund advice, acco...

Funds management

Although there has been a rally for equities negatively affected during COVID-19, many are still trading at a discount, according to Tribeca Investment Partners....

Funds management

As governments and corporations commit to zero net carbon emissions by 2050, climate action will be the biggest investment ‘S’ curve in this lifetime, according to Munro ...

Funds management

COVID-19 may mutate in a way that reduces the effectiveness of current vaccines and this could set back the market’s recovery, according to Magellan. ...

Funds management

T. Rowe Price believes the speed of Australia’s economic recovery is being underestimated and is less dependent on the success of a vaccine....

Funds management

Although it expects the global economy to continue to recover in 2021, the fixed income manager says much of the recovery is already priced in....

Superannuation

As Government back-benchers canvass allowing people to opt out of a higher superannuation guarantee, data provided to a Parliamentary Committee suggests people have littl...

Funds management

Automotive and travel sectors are expected to perform well over the next year as risk and reward looks more challenged in loved areas such as tech, according to American ...

Funds management

Natixis Investment Management’s head of market strategy Esty Dwek shares what she believes are the biggest market risks for the year ahead....

Superannuation

2020 was the year of the Government’s hardship early release superannuation scheme and it was also a year during which the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...

Funds management

Australian shares are likely to be outperformers and can return around 12% this year compared to 8% for global shares, according to AMP Capital....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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