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COVID-19 ETP market winners, losers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
New Rainmaker research has revealed the winners and losers in the exchange traded product (ETP) market during the quarter to March's COVID-19 induced volatility. March 2020 was characterised by sharp falls and rises in equities as investors grappled ...

Bitcoin bonanza amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
The investment world's underdog has seen a surge in interest since it hit rock bottom in March, outperforming the US market indices by a mile. Bitcoin, which started the year rising from US$7500 to US$10,5O0, fell just as badly as every other asset ...

No golden ticket for super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
March provided evidence that superannuation funds won't be able to guild returns through investments in gold, according to Parametric. Parametric managing director of research Raewyn Williams said investments in gold failed to provide a safe haven from ...

Future Fund falls 3.4% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
Australia's sovereign wealth fund lost 3.4% or about $6 billion in the March quarter, and is in no hurry to revalue its unlisted assets out of cycle unlike some superannuation funds. The Future Fund stood at $162 billion at March end, after returning ...

Pay cuts, dividend slashed as NAB raises capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
The big bank has entered a trading halt as it looks to raise $3.5 billion to sustain the business throughout the COVID-19 downturn which has so far seen the interim dividend more than halved and the NAB leadership team take pay cuts. Releasing its 1H ...

Markets react as antiviral drug disappoints

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
News that a highly anticipated antiviral drug hoped to treat COVID-19 had flopped in human trials saw markets fall overnight. Originally reported by the Financial Times, the publisher said Gilead Sciences antiviral drug remdesivir did not reduce the ...

ASX ups capital raise capacity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
The Australian Securities Exchange announced changes to the temporary lift in placement capacity from 15% to 25% and increased transparency rules. The ASX said the measures are conditional on entities either doing a follow-on accelerated pro rata entitlement ...

The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
Late last year, before extreme weather events battered the world, before COVID-19, The Big Short 's Michael Burry said he had found the next bubble: passive investments. Now, with asset prices trembling in the face of the pandemic, could there still ...

The blame game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
When the COVID-19 crash hit markets, super funds copped a massive blow, but why they were all invested in such a similar way is an issue that still needs addressing. The superannuation industry had been under increasing pressure to perform, at the very ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
COVID-19 shut downs and volatility are not holding back a Sydney-based boutique's plans to launch a new fund. Contact Asset Management tested its new small/mid cap fund via a paper portfolio for 18 months, before hitting launch in mid-March. The ...