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Chief economist update: Premature easing will cost more lives, more rupiahs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... realisation period of export proceeds; on the 27th of the same month, the RBI launched a special liquidity facility for mutual funds (SLF-MF) of 500 billion rupees (USD 6.56 billion) to ease pressure due to the coronavirus pandemic; and, on May 22, it ...

Managed funds redemptions top US$62bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
At least US$62 billion of mutual funds across the globe have suspended redemptions so far this year, already higher than at least the previous eight years, owing to COVID-19, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch attributed the high level of suspensions ...

Aussie funds bleed $4bn in March

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... bases." Separate research from Cerulli Associates said in the US, investors pulled approximately US $320 billion from mutual funds and ETFs during March, although there are asset classes such as passive US equity ($40.9 billion) that were exempt from ...

AMP Capital shutters global equities fund for platform investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... platform investors (Class M) was closed last Friday. The decision was taken by the fund's responsible entity, National Mutual Funds Management Limited. "A reduction in the fund's size over time combined with certain fixed costs associated with operating ...

Mutual fund assets lose $1.3 trillion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... despite the heavy losses, both active and passive mutual fund strategies added net flows during February. "Taxable bond mutual funds continue to be a destination for investors, having witnessed $55.2 billion in net flows February for the year-to-date ...

Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... planned purchases for the year to over €1T. Fed unveiled another facility to boost liquidity, aimed at money-market mutual funds. " Also announced new swap lines with more central banks to help ease strains of dollar funding. BOE announced an emergency ...

Climate threat pushes Aussies to sustainability

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... be aligned with their personal values," it said. According to Morningstar, 35 new sustainability investment retail mutual funds were launched last year. Cerulli analyst Siau Kean Yung said managers should refrain from "window dressing" to attract and ...

Global ETF industry hits record high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... striking in the data is the continued investor preference towards ETFs, both active and passive, with ETFs outselling mutual funds three-to-one in the September quarter." BetaShares said continuing the trend from previous quarters; the fixed income asset ...

Envestnet founder tragically killed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... car accident alongside his wife, Hanover Hill Wealth Advisors founder Mary Miller. A former managing director of mutual funds at Nuveen Investments, Bergman founded Envestnet in 1999 on the premise that technology could change the financial advice industry. ...

Milestone ETF Rule passed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... share class of a multi-class fund; or active ETFs. To date, ETFs in the US have been regulated in the same way as mutual funds and were offered exemptive relief by the SEC, whereby the issuer would lodge an application justifying why rules applied to ...