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Chief economist update: China's post-pandemic economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
"I guess it also rings a bell for some countries, which are still struggling to fight COVID-19, that without strict measures, the virus won't be fended off. We fought hard, this is our payback." Zhang Yong, a small taxi company owner in Wuhan, is ...

Boutique launches Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
A Brisbane Aussie equities boutique has launched an income-focussed strategy as an unlisted managed trust, after running it as a separately managed portfolio for 13 years. DNR Capital's Australian Equities Fund is managed by DNR's chief investment ...

Former analyst gets three year sentence

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
A former investment analyst from Maple-Brown Abbott was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, after pleading guilty to insider trading in Big Un shares. Michael Ming Jinn Ho will serve the three years via an intensive correction order (aka a sentence ...

ERS applications flat line

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
There appears to be an end in sight for the withdrawal of Australian's retirement savings, with the latest APRA figures showing the amount of applications has flat lined at around three million. Over the week to September 6, only 49,000 applications ...

Hedge funds in the green

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
The global hedge fund industry surged 2.5% in August, lifting the average strategy to sit comfortably in the green year to date. That's according to institutional research house eVestment, which found that thanks to August's results the average hedge ...

ASX-listed fintech to buy Wirecard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
An ASX-listed fintech has launched a capital raising to acquire Wirecard's Australia and New Zealand business. Change Financial, a US-focused fintech company, announced it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire all of business assets or Wirecard ...

Super fund axes AMP Capital mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Another superannuation fund has pulled its mandate with AMP Capital's Ethical Leaders Balanced Fund, appointing another investment manager to its Balanced Socially responsible option. Legalsuper has terminated AMP Capital as investment manager of ...

Aussie small caps outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Australian small-cap managers are blitzing league tables and outperforming most investment strategies during the global pandemic, Rainmaker research shows. Rainmaker's July Wholesale managed funds performance report reveals the best and worst fund ...

Tom Waterhouse now a fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
The horse racing scion is touting a managed fund that invests in gambling companies to wholesale investors. Waterhouse VCs gambling takes long-term stakes in listed and unlisted businesses related to gambling, focusing on three themes: dominant scale ...

ASIC delays RG97 again

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
The corporate regulator is delaying RG97 fee and disclosure requirements for two years as a result of COVID-19. ASIC said it is pushing back the timeframe when superannuation funds and managed investment product issuers are required to update their ...