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Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... rational. Massive amounts of money printing are debasing currencies. When faith in the fiat currency is lost, hard commodities, especially gold, provide a safer haven. So much so that even central banks are loading up (or plan to) on gold. After buying ...

ETP market winners revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... growth, with a 26% increase in FUM. Gold surged during the period, and as investors wanted in on the action flows to commodities ETPs increased by 200%. During the quarter commodities ETPs went from making up 2.2% of the total market to 4.5%. While six ...

SG Hiscock, Morgan Stanley launch global equity funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... fund aims to emphasise the low carbon footprint, and excludes tobacco, gaming, adult entertainment, weapons, bulk commodities, fossil fuels, and gas/electrical utilities from the portfolio. SGH managing director Stephen Hiscock said: "We are particularly ...

New equity partners at Tribeca unit

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... natural resources team have been promoted to equity partners. Metals and mining analyst Michael Orphanides and head of commodities trading Guy Keller have been admitted as equity partners, according to an ASX update this month. The Tribeca Global Natural ...

Global ETF leaders push for reform

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... ETPs be separated into four categories; exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded notes (ETNs), exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) and exchange-traded instruments (ETIs). In a virtual media roundtable on June 4, Obrist argued Australia's large retail ...

Global manager rolls out local access to alternatives fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... included as part of a balanced portfolio. It invests across equities, fixed income, their associated derivatives and commodities, and employs a "portfolio protection strategy" to generate uncorrelated positive returns during periods of market stress. ...

New ETFs see success as UBS suspends funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... equity and property, he said, as well as an increase in shorter-term trading activity, with traders turning to cash, commodities and geared funds. "We believe the ETF sector will continue to perform strongly- despite pressure from extreme market circumstances," ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... COVID-19," they said. "Brazil had been emerging from recession when confronted by this crisis. With demand for its commodities exports - chief among them, oil - slashed, efforts to maintain economic growth have been overwhelmed." Similarly, neither Indonesia ...

Fortescue seeks to hide pricing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... said the company is vigorously fighting the application. "As an independent publisher of news and information about commodities, Argus journalists shed light on opaque markets by speaking to a range of industry sources," Binks said. "Independent, objective ...

Future Fund not buying the oil dip

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... stored in US initially. However, Australian institutional investors have traditionally shied from holding big direct commodities exposures. And Future Fund is similar. Future Fund chief investment officer Raphael Arndt said the fund doesn't have a material ...