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Morningstar bets on active fund managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... technology firms in China," the researcher said. Morningstar reasoned the underperformance was "one-off (but damaging) disruption, and do not believe Magellan's investing acumen has diminished". "Until Magellan Global outperforms its benchmarks again ...

US, UK hike interest rates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
The US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have increased interest rates - with the US pulling the trigger on rates for the first time since 2018. Effective from March 17, the US Federal Reserve increased interest rates by 0.25% to 0.40%. The US ...

Supply chain, labour shortage fears: Analysts

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
... results of their latest global analyst's survey, revealing analysts have serious concerns about ongoing supply chain disruption and labour shortages as economies recover from the pandemic. The annual Fidelity survey of analysts covering energy, consumer ...

Family offices embrace crypto: BNY Mellon

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... their exposures. BNY Mellon's report looks at how growing differences across generations and rising economic and social disruption are impacting the investment decisions of family offices with $150 million or more in assets. The survey found three-in-four ...

What fund selectors want: Natixis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... think the most significant economic threats for 2022 are. In first place, 51% are most concerned about supply chain disruption, 45% said less supportive central bank policy is their main concern, 40% cited COVID-19 variants, 39% are most concerned about ...

Quay unveils currency hedged fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... we continue to believe an unhedged strategy will result in lower volatility and is less risky during times of market disruption, we're committed to making our strategy available to anyone who wants access to the attractive and growing investment themes ...

Federal Reserve mulls central bank digital currency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... introduced in the coming years. "Such a transition should be achievable, if done correctly, without significant financial disruption," the report reads. "... a digital USD might be necessary just to maintain the global dominance of the dollar in the ...

Advice firm rebrands, scores own AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... previous licensing arrangements were already rock solid". Similar to Nash, Schonafinger said that the change had minimal disruption and it will be business as usual. The Principals' Community was "fantastic" in providing the support to help the practice ...

MSCI teams up with Menai Financial Group

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
MSCI has announced its collaboration with Menai Financial Group, a provider of institutional-grade digital asset investment products and trading services. This strategic alliance marks one of MSCI's first collaborations in the digital asset space. ...

E&P pulls the plug on DASS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... equitably. Importantly, no client assets are at risk as a result of this process, and we will strive to minimise any disruption to clients who will have ongoing access to their adviser(s)," he said. Anderson assured shareholders that the voluntary administration ...