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Court confirms Storm Financial founders breached duties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... In August 2008 about $5 billion had been invested by Storm Financial's clients in Storm Financial-branded index funds, run by Colonial First State and Challenger, among others. The market crashed and, by October 2008, almost $1.5 billion had been ...

Regal fund hands back external money

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... King's Regal Funds Management has returned money to external investors for one of its smaller funds, but will continue to run the strategy internally. The Regal Global Equity Income Fund used a quantitative approach to screen for relative value opportunities ...

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... just due to COVID-19. Over-valuation in the market has played a part. "The 1987 crash was basically an unwinding of a massive run up in the market that had led to overvaluation against the world of higher interest rates and bond yields at the time," ...

Whistleblowers rewarded US $570k

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
Two whistleblowers in the US have been rewarded for their efforts with the Securities and Exchange Commission awarding them a combined US $570,000. The first whistleblower received US $478,000 and the second US $94,000. The SEC did not reveal which ...

COVID-19 shaves $290bn off super

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... the trough of the GFC super funds averaged -8% in 2008-09 and -13% in 2009-10. "Since then super funds have had a 10-year run of positive returns, six of which were around 10% or more. This delivered members 8.5% p.a. on average in this period," Dunnin ...

Super funds revalue unlisted assets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... conservative liquidity approach had held it in "good stead" so far, noting that the fund has been able to withstand a $2 billion run on its defensive assets as members flee growth assets amid the market turmoil. "We've been able to comfortably manage ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... Morningstar said. "It is noteworthy that the best performers over the period have been strategies which lagged the strong bull-run in 2019." This is likely due to the fact that China makes up slightly more than one third of the emerging markets benchmark ...

Early release to bite retirement hard

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... A 45 year-old will lose $22,300 to $43,800 in their end balances from the withdrawals. "Rainmaker estimates while the long run retirement savings costs for a 30 year old accessing the $20,000 is $80,000, for a 45 year old, the long run retirement savings ...

Chief economist update: What happens in China...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
Slowly but surely, the wheels of industry - even social life itself - are grinding to a halt. If not for the invention of the internet and various apps, there wouldn't be any commerce or even virtual social interaction that would be taking place ...

Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
"Whatever it takes and for however long it takes!" This is the collective battle cry of governments and central banks the world over as they try to calm nerves and get ahead of the coronavirus that's paralysed economic activity. Fiscal and monetary ...