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VanEck rejigs China A-shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... "VanEck in Australia has determined CETF should maintain a broad exposure. To do this CETF will cease investing in the United States fund and will instead directly hold a portfolio of China A-shares but the fund will incur one-off costs to reconstitute ...

Will COVID-19 infect mortgages and RMBS?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... warned that commercial mortgage markets are in jeopardy. "The market for commercial real estate mortgage loans in the United States stands on the brink of collapse," Barrack said. "The profound impacts of both the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health ...

COVID-19 shaves $290bn off super

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... it will do so again." ASX this morning opened 6% higher, while the Dow climbed up 11% in Tuesday's trading as the United States moved closer to a US $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package, even though it remains to be seen if the gains can be sustained. ...

US turns to QE, RBA to follow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... "the coronavirus outbreak has harmed communities and disrupted economic activity in many countries, including the United States," as it cut interest rates to essentially zero. The move comes after a weekend fraught with frantic updates from world governments ...

PIMCO to manage Allianz Real Estate portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... core-plus real estate equity and a smaller portion in private real estate lending. Its three main markets are Europe, United States and Asia Pacific. PIMCO is best known for its fixed income strategies, but over the last 12-years has added to its alternatives ...

Pension fund acquires Plenary Group business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... development team and solid operational expertise. "It is well positioned to act on growth opportunities, notably in the United States, where infrastructure needs are rising and long-term investors, such as CDPQ, can play a role in bridging the funding ...

Pension fund chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
The chief executive of one of the United States' largest pension funds is set to retire after 18 years in the top job. Jack Ehnes, chief executive of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has announced his will retire later this ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... average," he said. "If this interest rate world is real, stocks don't look like they are in a bubble territory in the United States. They don't look cheap, by the way, but they are not in a bubble. "So valuations are high but not extreme. If this interest ...

JP Morgan's coronavirus contingency plan

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... day working from home in the coming weeks; in a bid to iron out any kinks should the virus spread throughout the United States, causing JP Morgan to close its domestic offices. Institutional bankers in secondary offices across Brooklyn, New York and ...

Gender diversity remains static, women still disadvantaged

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... than 20% female. However, the world's largest financial powerhouses remain below the global average, with UK and United States-based fund managers only being 13% and 11% female, respectively. Morningstar's UK team recently found that there were more ...