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Wage growth, not wage cuts

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... productivity, population and workforce participation." With fluctuations in wage growth presumed to be cyclical, open to correction by monetary and fiscal policy - the Reserve Bank had persistently overestimated wage growth over the past decade, he said. ...

Fund managers adapt to market pain

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Aussie equities fund managers steadily improved in performance relative to benchmark from January to March, according to an updated SPIVA Australia Scorecard from S&P. In January, only 21.6% of Australian equities (general category) funds beat the benchmarks ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... facing public pension funds in the US are widely known, and while it's not clear how exposed to the recent market correction funds were, analysis from Wirepoints of 2018 data shows some may have reached the point of no return. Looking at asset-to-payout ...

Australian ETF market shows strength

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
The Australian ETF market grew 24% to $56.9 billion, despite the COVID-19 share market correction, according to the 2020 ETF Report by Stockspot. The report found the ETF market size has tripled since 2016 and has become the preferred way to access ...

AMP Capital ups jail stake

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
AMP Capital has taken a majority stake in a New Zealand corrections centre, boosting the firm's social infrastructure holdings. The Auckland South Corrections Facility (ASCF) is now 70% owned by AMP Capital, after it acquired a further 30% of the facility ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... time to launch the fund despite COVID-19 as other fund managers in the small caps category run out of capacity and the correction creates buying opportunities. "While we appreciate this is a volatile period in the Australian stock market and broader ...

ETF demand boosts gold

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... reason for this was the general view by many investors that the market was over-extended and therefore if there was a correction there was an expectation it would be quite aggressive," Walesby said. "Another reason is because real interest rates were ...

Will COVID-19 kill the balanced option?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... nuances of asset allocation. "Let's acknowledge that this issue has raised its head again not because of the market correction but because the government has shut down specific industries and changed the objective of superannuation from a long run investment ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
Wall Street's rally seems to have run out of steam, with the major indexes ending the day of trade in a sea of red. Early in trade the Dow Jones surged 900-points before closing down 0.12%. Similarly, the S&P 500 lost 0.16% and the Nasdaq Composite ...

Chant West takes Zenith acquisition to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... morning, Chant West said it filed proceedings against CW Bidco yesterday. It is seeking court orders on post COVID correction performance which is the bone of contention between the buyer and the seller. "[Proceedings]...seeking an order to specific ...