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ASX ups capital raise capacity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... offer at the same or a lower price than the placement. "This is so that retail shareholders get to participate in the overall capital raising at a price at least as favourable as the placement," the ASX said. "Entities will now be allowed to do a placement ...

Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... the United Kingdom. For the best part of three years, Brexit was on every Brits mind - dampening business investment and overall economic activity. UK annual GDP growth has slowed sharply from 2.1% pre-Brexit to 1.1% as at the end of the December 2019 ...

The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... vernacular of your average Australian and American investor, it still only accounts for about 15% of the ownership of the overall US investible securities, and so there's still significant room for passive investing to grow." Indexed investments ...

Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... earlier than predicted flattening of Australia's coronavirus infection curve (to date) could see consumer, business and overall economic activity return to normal sooner than expected.

Market pain to continue: State Street

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... the VIX ('the fear index") is likely behind us," he said. "However, despite the VIX being down 30% from its highs, the overall market doesn't feel 30% less risky than it did a month ago. "With no cure yet in sight, indexes like the VIX and the mild retreat ...

Ethical fund manager wears $520m hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... about $290 million from its superannuation arm and about $230 from its manager fund business over the quarter. However, overall the firm only took a hit of $280 million thanks to strong inflows over the quarter, including $190 million into its superannuation ...

The five threats to super fund survival

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... will also be a driver and will result in dramatically improved decision-making for funds and their members," SS&C said. Overall, the firm said the issues were business-critical for super funds. "In looking at the developments in the Australian superannuation ...

Healthcare outperforms as financials plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... of its size (CSL represents about 70% of the S&P/ASX 200 healthcare sector by market cap) and impressive returns, the overall growth of the sector can largely be attributed to its success," Orzano said. "However, other prominent companies in the sector ...

APRA-regulated fund or SMSF: It's all the same

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... higher exposure to equities, even though on average their infrastructure holdings are less," Dunnin said. "Super funds overall have been hit equally, albeit in different ways." While the ATO has repeatedly warned that superannuation is, in many cases ...

How wealth management must respond to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... the customers," the report said. "Over the short- to medium-long term, the industry might witness consolidation and the overall strategy may need to adapt to more frequent merger and acquisition activity and much-needed agility in the business model ...