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Growth outplays value: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Growth continued to outperform value according to a new study by Frontier Advisers looking at the performance of fund managers in the final quarter of 20109/20. In a note released to its clients, Frontier reported that growth-focused managers outstripped ...

Banks brace for major loan losses

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
Three of the United States' biggest banks have set aside approximately $40 billion (US$28 billion) to brace for COVID-19 related loan losses, as Wells Fargo posts its first quarterly loss since the Global Financial Crisis. Citigroup saw its net income ...

Pendal winds back fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... Since inception, it has returned 2.16% per annum after fees compared to its benchmark RBA cash rate's 1.52% annualised. So far this year, Schroders, Mirae and State Street have made fee cuts to their local funds.

Global public debt to reach 101.5% of GDP: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... preparing for transformational economic change." The IMF's fiscal monitor database revealed the total global fiscal support so far has been split almost evenly between above-the-line - measures with a direct effect on revenue and expenditure such as ...

Global infrastructure proves profitable: LGIAsuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
LGIAsuper has recorded a 14.67% return from its ISQ Infrastructure fund in its latest quarterly figures. The fund is operated by global infrastructure interment manager I Squared Capital (ISQ) and LGIAsuper has invested around $368 million. The relationship ...

Chief economist update: Good as gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... re-asserting its safe-have quality and rallying by 18.6% to date. In comparison, the commodity price index remains 22.5% lower so far this year. Surprising as it may be, gold's expected outperformance is nearly matched by that of iron ore - an industrial ...

Private equity weathers COVID-19 crisis: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... holdings were likely to either close or breach covenants over the next few months. Customer demand for products or services was far more varied, with 46% of respondents reporting their holdings were experiencing a medium-to-high impact from the global ...

First State to dump $40m of thermal coal holdings

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
The $120 billion industry super fund has announced it will divest $40 million of its equity portfolio, including its indexed exposures, from thermal coal miners from October and will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its listed equities exposures by ...

AustralianSuper throws weight behind SDG platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... identify companies whose products and services are in line with the SDGs as Sustainable Development Investments (SDIs). So far it has generated SDI classifications for 8000 companies. The SDI classifications will be commercially available through Qontigo. ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... all in this land "girt by sea". Australia's second biggest state could drag the rest of this sunburnt country down. So far, the state government has locked down 39 suburbs. With infected cases continuing to rise since then, Victorian state premier ...