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Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... issued by UBS. The return might be the same, but the risks are not. "How many investors actually understand those risks? Very few, especially in this part of the world." Miller similarly doubts whether people are truly cognisant of the liquidity attributes ...

Now is the time to step up: FEW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... opportunities everywhere for those ready to embrace them. Speaking to Financial Standard, Tullio said conversations between FEW members and their c-suite advocates are increasingly revolving around how now is the time for people to apply for the roles ...

More super funds will merge: QMV

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
COVID-19 will be the shove that forces some superannuation funds to merge, while others thought safe prior to the pandemic will also be left pondering consolidation. According to QMV practice lead Anthony Forbes, there are certain funds that are going ...

Local financial sector to lose $3.5bn plus

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... because these industries are big," he said. "Mining is still open, but its incomes are set to fall $5 billion short in the next few months. It is struggling to get some of its workers onsite, as they'd ordinarily fly into remote locations for short ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... the Australian market, judiciously avoiding the expensive defensives and highly cyclical oil/mining stocks." Over the past few years, many institutional and retail investors had started to move away from domestic active management as it was "just not ...

ESG performing positively: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... global markets since the outbreak of COVID-19, according to MSCI. Although the current conditions have only existed for a few months, MSCI said it observed a positive performance contribution from ESG across four select MSCI ESG indexes during Q1 2020. ...

Bitcoin bonanza amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... surged just shy of 50% over a similar time frame, De Corrado said. Bitcoin has been popular with retail investors over the last few years, but has had some institutional and wholesale interest of late too. "As the growth in Bitcoin has attracted more ...

Top asset consultants named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... measure." Goss said the industry continues to develop and WTW have made significant changes to its business over the last few years, including a strong focus on governance advice, and delegated investments. "At the same time, we remain very committed ...

Future Fund falls 3.4% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... lot of value and the hedge fund program was broadly flat. It's designed to be a market neutral strategy. There were a few defensive funds in there for exactly that purpose and they did perform as expected but broadly speaking, the portfolio was [flat]," ...

Compliance worse than COVID-19

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... of these reforms yet to hit the adviser community, Anderson argued there was a consensus that more was to come. In the last few years, advisers had faced FoFA reforms, the FASEA Code of Ethics, Royal Commission recommendations, ASIC Project 515 and "lookback" ...