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The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... away from nominal government bonds and toward credit." Five-year returns are expected to be negative across developed markets, the Institute said, with yields dropping sharply across nominal government bonds. Yields would only rise if monetary and fiscal ...

Hedge funds rally in April, but YTD still bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... markets-focused funds returned 6.17% during the month, however, since the beginning of the year are down 11.09%. Developed markets funds were up 5.97% in April, but down 7.7% since December 31. Interestingly, a discretionary approach (+6.42%) proved ...

Fundamentals return to the forefront in EM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... alternative & asset allocation strategies noted EM interest rates appear attractively valued when analysed against developed markets and on an inflation-adjusted basis. "We remain neutral on EM sovereign credit, a sector offering historically compelling ...

Capital retention policies may hit investors: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... said, are set to be hit. "We expect dividends in Australia to be more severely impacted from COVID-19 than other developed markets. A decline in aggregate demand from China is likely to affect earnings in the materials sector, at least in the short term," ...

Colonial First State closes global fund

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... process". The strategy shorted weak high-beta stocks and bought low-beta stocks with strong fundamentals in developed markets, investing in both equities and derivatives. Over the past year to March 2020, the fund returned -17.4% gross and -18.3% net. ...

Is it really as bad as it seems?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... emerging markets. "Quarter-on-quarter, the hit to annualised global growth in Q2 could be as high as -40% in most developed markets," Doyle said. "We expect it to be less in emerging markets for the moment, but to a similar degree later on. In terms ...

ESG performing positively: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... the resilience of companies with high MSCI ESG Ratings." While the pandemic started in emerging markets (EM), developed markets (DM) have become the hardest hit regions, MSCI said. "Within global markets, EM saw a stronger decline during Q1 2020 than ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... against risk asset selloffs, but we see greater room for long-term yields to fall further in the US than in other developed markets," Boivin said. "We remain underweight bunds. They provide little cushion against major risk events, but would not add ...

A case for flexible asset allocation: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... to be attractive from a long-term perspective. The multi-asset fund had also concentrated its exposure within developed markets over their emerging counterparts. "Within that macro view, at the time of writing we have preferences for Canadian, Swiss ...

The blame game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... whole, Australia's super industry is positive; returns have been strong, fees are "okay", and unlike other large developed markets, Australia has decent contribution rates and a fully funded system. "I am not saying that there is no room for improvement ...