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AMP Capital cuts fees on equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... Share Fund will shift from charging 70 bps per year to 55 bps per year. It has tightened its screening for thermal coal producing stocks from 10% of coal-production-related revenue to 1%. "A 1% threshold screens out companies actively producing thermal ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... Year ETF - Currency Hedged (GGOV) aims to track an index that provides exposure to a portfolio of long-maturity, income-producing bonds issued by governments of G7 nations, hedged into AUD. BetaShares said global government bonds have historically provided ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... 50 Index dropped by almost 40%. We believe there are now several opportunities to begin buying high quality, income producing businesses managed by capable people," he said. "The other opportunity that we see in the ex-50 space is capacity. There are ...

Will COVID-19 kill the balanced option?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... include equities. But equities are growth. Similarly we have other experts tell us you can construct defensive income producing portfolios from equities. Then we have other experts tell us you can invest using bonds and credit to produce equity-like ...

CBA appoints chief economist

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... Australia and globally and their impact on a broad range of financial markets," it said. He will also be responsible for producing a number of economic publications for the bank, including research notes, regular reports and thought leadership pieces. ...

Multi-asset results mixed in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... multi-asset strategies are most certainly not, with returns from balanced, growth, moderate and flexible strategies producing wildly different outcomes during the COVID-19 sell-off. In its latest report, Morningstar analysed the returns of different ...

Diversification pays off for some, but not all: bfinance

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... used by asset managers, traditional diversifiers to equity risk, such as investment grade credit and hedge funds, are producing mixed results for investors. Three in five investors of investment grade credit were satisfied with its performance during ...

Positives from the pandemic for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
According to the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP), the COVID-19 pandemic may be producing some positives for financial advisers. In a letter to AIOFP members, executive director Peter Johnston wrote that despite all ...

Allianz Retire+ moves to increase retiree confidence

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... offer advisers an extremely accessible way to give retirees greater peace of mind, while improving adviser efficiency in producing almost instantaneous results for hundreds of portfolios." Investfit founder and chief executive James Claridge said the ...

Investments head departs super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... a highly skilled investments chief. "In his previous role at Equipsuper his key achievements included lowering risk, producing significant cost savings and increasing returns for members," she said. Rieck added he was looking forward to supporting the ...