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Aussie funds bleed $4bn in March

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... with material net outflows in Australia as investors responded to global volatility, followed by a modest net outflow in February 2019 when the Royal Commission's findings were released. March outflows of over $3.8 billion beat them both but the redemptions ...

Pandemic puts pressure on ETF spreads

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... example. The spread on this product increased to 15 basis points in March from an average spread of four basis points in February, he said, reflecting that on several occasions in March, US stock futures stopped pricing. "This was a result of futures ...

Chief economist update: Approaching peak isolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... in March. These contrast with the rebound in the Caixin China composite PMI to a reading of 46.7 in March from 27.5 in February (no April update yet) - with the services PMI jumping to 43.0 in March from 26.5 in the previous month and the manufacturing ...

Dividends could take years to return: UBS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... prior highs due to a combination of weak earnings growth and large equity dilution," Stoltz said. According to UBS, since February the market cut consensus dividend per share forecasts for 2020 by 22%. "The pace of dividend revisions is now dropping ...

Bitcoin bonanza amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... "When the pandemic was declared and fear entered the market, US stock market indices fell in excess of 30% from their February highs," eToro analyst Mathew De Corrado told Financial Standard. "In the dramatic decline, we saw a large number of investors ...

Melbourne hedge fund quietly folds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... Funds Management. It won a couple of awards, including the best emerging manager at the Australian Hedge Fund Awards. In February, James Koutsoukos of BRI Ferrier was appointed to liquidate the company. Qato has no secured debts and was solvent at the ...

Markets react as antiviral drug disappoints

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... Similarly, the S&P 500 closed down 0.05%, and the Nasdaq Composite ended the day of trade flat. Since their record highs on February 20, the Dow is down 20.5%, the S&P is down 17.5% and the Nasdaq has fallen 13.7%. According to Johns Hopkins University ...

The blame game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... the very least, in line with their peers so risk-taking or alternative approaches to investing were not encouraged. In February, when markets entered a period of volatility not seen by many in this lifetime, the ASX lost an initial $130 billion. Prior ...

Members begin to turn on industry funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... superannuation customer satisfaction findings, member satisfaction with industry funds feel a "significant" 1.1% from February to March, landing at a customer satisfaction score of 64.4%. In contrast, public sector funds added 0.3% to their February ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... Australian stock market and broader economy, we believe this is an opportune time to launch the fund. Since its peak in mid-February to launch date, the S&P/ASX Mid Cap 50 Index dropped by almost 40%. We believe there are now several opportunities to ...