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APRA quashes super liquidity concerns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... Rowell said the regulator had been keeping tabs on the liquidity positions of all APRA-regulated superannuation funds since mid-March. "The nature of those discussions has varied," Rowell said. "Some have highlighted more potential impacts and the need ...

Grow Super co-founder in alleged betting scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... Hills. The spokesperson for Grow Super clarified that the two do not currently share an office. "For a period from 2018 to mid-2019, Grow Super subleased a space to several businesses, one being StatEdge. Grow Super has not shared premises with StatEdge ...

Sydney boutique shutters fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... into an extreme volatility regime was very abrupt. We did hold a modest VIX tail hedge, but it was closed out prematurely mid-way through the crash as the market became oversold and remained as such since early March." In April, it posted -2.45% returns ...

Industry fund named top employer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
An industry superannuation fund managing around $6 billion has been recognised as one of the nation's best employers. EISS Super has been named a Kincentric Best Employer, an award based on the feedback of its staff. Kincentric, a global consulting ...

Time to buy residential property: Survey

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... Property Investors Council of Australia (PICA), who surveyed 1877 investors across the country. The survey, undertaken in mid-May, revealed 72% of investors were still confident about the property market's short-term prospects, down only 10% from a survey ...

Equities attractive in search for yield: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... the effects of COVID-19, with company earnings taking a material hit, despite the equity market rallying from its lows in mid to late March, according to Zenith Investment Partners. Zenith said a flow on effect of an earnings downturn is the subsequent ...

IFM Investors ready to ramp up corporate lending

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... industry-super-owned fund manager's credit team has about $500 million to deploy in the year ahead, eyeing opportunities in lending to mid-sized companies that will be forced to refinance after the COVID-19 crisis. IFM's credit team manages about $7.5 ...

Fund managers adapt to market pain

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... growing worse from January to quarter end -- reverse of what was seen in Australian equities funds. "Australian large and mid/small cap funds suffered smaller loss than the benchmark during GFC, but no persistent outperformance were seen in other market ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... funds, with US$20 billion requested in direct assistance for pensions as part of a wider US$42 billion bailout request mad in mid-April. The move has been met with widespread criticism, with the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune saying the use of ...

Plan for the worst, hope for the best

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... going to have to raise equity during these periods." Repositioning for flexibility and liquidity, WAM Leaders, Global and the mid-small cap team had taken advantage of equity raisings in the current environment, Wilson said. Although sentiment in LICs ...