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Asset allocation in a post-pandemic world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... 17.8. "That seems incredibly high given what is currently taking place. While we have seen the emotional shock of lockdown wash through the community, we are yet to see the full economic shock," Sparks said. "So, given the current valuations the Australian ...

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 ...

COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
Despite global market rebounds, Natixis Investment Managers believes the economic damage of the COVID-19 pandemic will stretch several quarters beyond the containment of the virus. There are now nearly two million confirmed cases of the coronavirus ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
New research has revealed the 22 ASX 300 companies - many of which super funds have exposure to - that are polluters and haven't performed well this year. Activist group Market Forces released a new report today, titled Out of line out of time ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
It may have started in China and is infecting its way around the planet but the coronavirus hadn't had much impact on equity markets until it hit investor sentiment on Wall Street. Five straight down days have taken returns on the S&P 500 index ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the trade deal and the AUD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
With a covid here, and a covid there, everywhere a covid, even old MacDonald (who had a farm) will get sick reading, hearing and listening to stories and warnings over escalating infection numbers... E-I-E-I-O. COVID-19 has captured the world's ...

Super fund reveals ASX 100 equality laggards

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
After admitting its own gender pay gap has grown in the last 12 months, Future Super has ranked the S&P/ASX 100 from best to worst when it comes to gender equality in the workplace. The Gender Equality Report also recommended changes the Aussie businesses ...

Millions up in smoke in cannabis scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
Investors promised great returns through a marijuana company have lost it all, as it's alleged the owner - a US film producer - spent the money on a yacht and several luxury cars. The US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against Guy ...

Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
"I've got chills, They're multiplying..." Wall Street is down... with the coronavirus flu! The Dow declined by 0.5%, the S&P 500 by 0.3%, the Nasdaq by 0.02%, and the Russell 2000 by 0.8 after the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Chief economist update: Phase one deal signed, sealed and delivered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
The highly anticipated US-China 'phase one' trade agreement has finally come to pass - signed, sealed and delivered on January 15. The deal involves China committing to buy at least an additional US$200 billion worth of US goods and services ...