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Aussies won't top-up ERS losses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020

... essentials like bills and groceries. About 17% said they would top up their mortgage and 16% said they would invest in the stock market. Of the 16% who want to invest their stimulus cash, 41% wanted to buy Australian shares and 40% were interested in ...

US analysts fail to add value

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020

... recommendations-based long-short strategy was found to generate a value-weighted raw return of 0.48% per-month in the global stock market excluding the US. By contrast, the same strategy in US stocks was found to yield a value-weighted raw return of ...

Super fund execs accused of quasi-insider trading

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020

... are trustees or managers of funds transacting huge sums of money during a defined period where it's known that the stock market may not have reached bottom, we have to concede that, but may have dropped considerably while they haven't revalued their ...

ASIC to curb huge CFD losses

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020

... for a major currency pair; 20:1 for CFDs referencing an exchange rate for a minor currency pair, gold or a major stock market index and 10:1 for CFDs referencing a commodity (other than gold) or a minor stock market index. Issuers must also limit retail ...

Future Fund posts modest growth

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020

Australia's sovereign wealth fund grew 1.1% in the September quarter to $163 billion, but is down 1.8% year on year due to the impact of COVID-19 in the March quarter. Future Fund chair Peter Costello said the fund exists to strengthen the Commonwealth's ...

Sunsuper adds long/short to Aussie equities

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020

... an underweight would allow the manager to express their negative view strongly as they are a big part of the total stock market. But the same wouldn't work for a smaller stock. "By relaxing the short constraint and allowing those managers to go short ...

BetaShares' Nasdaq ETF surpasses $1bn

ALLY SELBY | FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020

BetaShares' Nasdaq 100 ETF exceeded $1 billion in assets under management at the end of August, a net increase of more than $500 million since the outset of the year. As of the end of August, the ETF had $1.17 billion in AUM. Around $300 million of ...

Banks lose US$635 billion

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020

Global banks have cumulatively lost around US$635.33 billion in market capitilisation between December 2019 and August 2020, according to research from Buy Shares. The data indicated that 14 of the world's largest major global banks have suffered ...

Former analyst gets three year sentence

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020

... to inside information from now-defunct Big Un's chief executive Richard Evertz, according to ASIC. Big Un was the stock market darling in 2017. The company which claimed to use its software to make promotional videos for small business owners rose from ...

NPS buffers COVID-19 shocks

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020

... markets plunging by 30% in mid-March, the fund delivered about -6.08% in the first quarter. South Korea's main stock market index, KOSPI, returned -32.5%, while the MSCI ACWI dropped by 31.8% over the same period. NPS said such adverse market conditions ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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