The Great Depression 2.0 – the signs are ominous

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Nucleus Wealth, the Melbourne-based wealth and superannuation manager that predicted the ‘Covid-19 Crash’ and took all clients’ money out of risk assets before world markets fell dramatically in late February,... Read more continue reading

PPS Mutual Strengthens its Adviser support team with new hires in South Australia and Victoria

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Specialist insurance company PPS Mutual has announced two key appointments for its growing presence servicing the needs of financial advisers in South Australia and Victoria. Robyn Faber has been appointed... Read more continue reading

Super members must take long-term view

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In the wake of the most challenging quarter for financial markets in living memory, super members are scrambling to check their account balances to see what effect the sell-off is... Read more continue reading

National rental vacancy rates remain stable in March

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New data released by SQM Research has revealed the national residential rental vacancy rate has remained stable in March 2020 at 2.0% since last month, with the total number of... Read more continue reading

T. Rowe Price Global Equity Fund awarded Morningstar analyst rating of Gold

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The T. Rowe Price Global Equity Fund (I Class) has received the highest Morningstar Analyst Rating™ of ‘Gold’. Managed by U.S.-based portfolio manager, Scott Berg, and London-based associate portfolio manager,... Read more continue reading

ASIC grants relief to industry to provide affordable and timely financial advice during the COVID-19 pandemic

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ASIC has announced three temporary relief measures that will assist industry in providing consumers with affordable and timely advice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Relief to facilitate advice about early access... Read more continue reading

Consumer group attack on financial planners is unjustified as Australians battle COVID-19 crisis

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) is extremely disappointed by the statements made by consumer group Choice that Australians should consult a financial counsellor rather than a financial adviser... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 9 April, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets pushed higher again over the past week on the back of a declining number of new coronavirus cases in... Read more continue reading

Consumers looking to financial providers for support during COVID-19

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Consumers are looking to their financial service providers for reassurance during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to new research from life insurer MetLife Australia. MetLife Australia’s COVID-19 Insights research, which looked... Read more continue reading

Dividends under pressure but expected to recover post COVID-19

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The COVID-19 global pandemic has rapidly evolved into the unexpected and far-reaching shutdown of large parts of the global economy, sharply reducing short-term demand for goods and services, as well... Read more continue reading