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Regal Atlantic fund down 58.6%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... Atlantic Absolute Return Fund has undoubtedly been challenging this month," Regal said in an investment update sent on Friday afternoon. "While we had been wary of the growing infection rates of the COVID-19 virus internationally, we underestimated the ...

Aberdeen Standard global equities funds downgraded

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... impacts of the change in leadership, but noted the portfolio's style drift as it cut the rating of four funds to neutral on Friday. "While Byrne's promotion brings additional people management and commercial development responsibilities, it's important ...

FEW launches Livestream series

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
In response to COVID-19, Financial Executive Women has launched an industry-first Livestream event series for its members. FEW Connect, which will showcase industry leaders and experts four days a week, is open to all members and staff of FEW's ...

Challenger shuffles life portfolio asset allocations

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... prescribed capital amount divided by Life closing investment assets) lowered from 13.3% at end of last year to 10.9% on Friday. "Challenger Life is required to value all assets and liabilities supporting the Life business at fair value. Following the ...

No new ASX 200 names this quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... is a part of the process." Other index providers have so far stuck to their rebalancing schedule. FTSE rebalanced last Friday and is due for the next one on May 31.

UBS says goodbye to ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... three as asset growth stalls. UBS currently has nine ETFs with $300 million in funds under management at February end. On Friday, it informed investors of its plans to delist six of them, telling investors that the funds were unlikely to become viable ...

Prodigy folds, two boutiques to shut

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... over time attracted three boutiques: Dalton Street Capital, Flinders Investment Partners and Equus Point Capital. Last Friday, Euroz decided to stop funding Prodigy, taking the view that Prodigy had failed to reach sufficient scale, and industry headwinds ...

UniSuper suspends stock lending

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... "We are only one fund... Of course, we are not privy to the thinking of other funds who lend their stock," he said. On Friday, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority temporarily prohibited short selling of certain Italian stocks in a bid to calm the ...

Financial regulators poised for action

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... the number of trades allowed by "a number of large equity market participants" by 25% from the levels they executed on Friday (March 13), until further notice. ASIC said the steps were put in place to ensure the resilience of Australia's equity markets ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
Friday the 13th isn't so unlucky after all as it turned out to be a rally day on Wall Street. The S&P 500 index surged by 9.3% while the Dow and the Nasdaq pole-vaulted by 9.4% the day after US President Trump's declaration of a national emergency ...