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Industry fund adds investments officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
A $2.2 billion superannuation fund has welcomed a new investments officer, joining from Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation. Gina Dowley joined AvSuper in April in the role of investments officer, bringing more than 20 years' experience in superannuation. ...

BetaShares to list hedged versions of global stocks ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
BetaShares today listed a currency-hedged version of its Global Quality Leaders ETF and will launch similar versions of two other ETFs in the coming weeks, as local investors' appetite for currency hedging grows. The BetaShares Global Quality Leaders ...

COVID-19 inspires pump and dump scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
A Californian penny stock trader is in trouble with the law after he claimed a company he was trading stocks in had developed a special COVID-19 test. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a complaint against Jason Neilson, saying ...

Chief economist update: US labour market turns V-shaped

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
This US stock market rally is brought to you by the letter V. The much better than expected US non-farm payrolls report sent Wall Street on the up and up - the S&P 500 gained 2.6% on the day (4.9% on the week); the DJIA rose by 3.2% (6.8%); the Nasdaq ...

Hedge funds record best month since GFC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Hedge funds in April posted their highest one-month returns since May 2009, but still have a long way to go before they can pare back March quarter losses. Preqin's All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark returned 5.82% in April as most stock markets rebounded ...

Newgate fund starts new life

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
Equity Trustees has handed over the management of Newgate Real Estate and Infrastructure Fund to a new manager, as Newgate Capital announces its intention to retire from the fund. Starting July 1, the fund will be folded into the Sanlam Real Assets ...

Plato fund to shutter

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
An Australian shares fund run by Plato Investment Management will shutter later this month after running for nearly 14 years as its assets dwindle. Plato's Australian Shares Core Fund invested in Australian companies and was benchmarked to the S&P/ASX ...

Details of Mayfair's default revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... Mayfair had proposed a payment plan but Vasco said the plan was not acceptable. Vasco had to write to Mawhinney again in April "stressing that he needed to take the deadlines seriously, explaining that unitholders were worried about their savings" and ...

Investec funds women in finance scholarship

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
Investec Australia has established a postgraduate research scholarship with the University of Sydney Business School; in a move that it says will benefit the future finance workforce in Australia. The Investec Women in Finance and Leadership PhD Scholarship ...

SMSFs to weather the storm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
While hundreds of thousands of Australians remove tens of millions from their superannuation accounts, SMSFs are holding their own. The most recent superannuation statistics released by APRA show there was a decrease of 7.7% in total superannuation ...