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| 19 August, 2020 |
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| Latest News |
| Money Management Original | | ASIC green lights super fund financial advice model | | The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has endorsed the ability of superannuation funds to obtain advice services from financial planning firms underpinned by a written attestation as to fees for service. |
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| Money Management Original | | MLC Life acknowledges delays of up to 6 weeks | | Big insurer, MLC Life has admitted to advisers that it is up to six weeks behind on some key service deliverables as it seeks to deal with IT issues and Melbourne’s COVID-19 Stage 4 lockdown. |
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| Sponsored Content | | Maybe the Super system isn’t so super after all? | | With lingering financial scars from the 2008-09 Global Financial Crisis, many were already worried about how their savings would fare if another shock wave struck. Then it did. |
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| Money Management Original | | Real assets the new source of income: JPMAM | | Investors concerned about the illiquidity of real assets should be reassured longer periods of investment could lead to higher returns as real assets are identified as the new source of income. |
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| Money Management Research | | High cash weightings help EM companies recover | | Emerging market companies are emerging from the pandemic with more cash on their balance sheets, making them more likely to weather the downturn than those in developed markets. |
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| Industry News | | Steady demand for LICs and LITs | | Although the overall market capitalisation for the listed investment company and listed investment trust sector dropped 2% to $44 million over 2019/20, the sector’s market cap went up 9.1% during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| Features |
| Industry News | | LIF, life and tough times for insurers | | Mike Taylor writes that less than 12 months out from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s review of the Life Insurance Framework, the Australian life insurance industry has rarely known tougher times. |
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| Industry News | | Is your fund making their vote count? | | Jassmyn Goh finds out why it is important for advisers to interrogate managers on their proxy voting and engagement activities, especially if they label their fund as ‘ESG’ or responsible. |
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