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Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
"Whatever it takes and for however long it takes!" This is the collective battle cry of governments and central banks the world over as they try to calm nerves and get ahead of the coronavirus that's paralysed economic activity. Fiscal and monetary ...

UBS says goodbye to ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
UBS is sweeping clean its suite of ASX-listed ETFs, shutting down six funds and delisting three as asset growth stalls. UBS currently has nine ETFs with $300 million in funds under management at February end. On Friday, it informed investors of its ...

Coronavirus puts rocket under shorting ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
Australian investors are flocking to ETFs that allow them to short the ASX200 and the S&P 500 amid the stock market correction, doubling their assets since start of the year. The ASX 200 and S&P 500 had both lost over 20% from the start of the year ...

Prodigy folds, two boutiques to shut

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
Steve Tucker's multi-boutique Prodigy Investment Partners is closing its doors after its joint venture partner Euroz pulled out. Tucker, who was formerly the chief executive of MLC and now runs Koda Capital, partnered with Euroz in 2014 to start ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
Latest insights show the fortunes of the 2019 equities rally laggards have changed, having so far come out on top during the COVID-19 crisis. Asia and emerging market strategies have topped their diversified global equities counterparts amid the dramatic ...

Colonial First State ups cash for Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
Colonial First State is temporarily allowing three of its Australian equities funds to hold more cash than their investment mandates, as the ASX 200 reported its worst day ever yesterday. The $2.9 billion Colonial First State Wholesale Geared Share ...

Volatility hits super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
The current volatility of global financial markets is taking its toll on some of Australia's largest superannuation funds. Latest Rainmaker analysis of superannuation returns and unit pricing shows Australia's large superannuation funds aren't ...

Wall Street tumbles, ASX holds ground

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
Wall Street has been taking a battering since the coronavirus outbreak left the shores of China, with the S&P 500 falling another 12% overnight. A sharp cut in interest rates, stricter quarantine enforcements around the globe and a change of tone from ...

Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
COVID-19, despite its obvious health hazards and hysteria-spooked market volatility, can actually be an opportunity for investors, enabling them to purchase the market's darlings at discounted prices. That's according to Paul Taylor, portfolio ...

National Stock Exchange names new chief executive

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
The founder, managing director and chief executive of ASX-suspended fintech iSignthis is the new interim chief executive of the National Stock Exchange of Australia (NSX). John Karantzis will step into the role effective immediately, having recently ...