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Best, worst global equities funds in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
Paul Moore's PM Capital Global Companies was the worst performing global equities fund in the March quarter in Morningstar's universe, while a Stewart Investors fund came out on top. In the March quarter, while the local S&P/ASX Small Ords Total Return ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in China and East Asia, and the second wave in Western Europe and North America, a third wave now looks to be building in several EM and frontier countries," it said. "EM and frontier countries may be able to benefit ...

Oil tanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
Wouldn't it be nice to buy a house in Denmark was what I thought when I read the news that Jyske Bank - the country's third-largest bank - announced in August last year that it would pay home borrowers 0.5% per annum to take out a mortgage. Sweet! And ...

The five threats to super fund survival

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... whereby the fund itself will manage member experience while outsourcing part or all of the back-office administration to a third party. Importantly, SS&C notes the models aren't one-size-fits-all, and will require funds to design the solution which best ...

Advisers adapt as crisis unfolds

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... businesses. In a survey of 177 authorised representatives and self-licensed advisers, Centrepoint Alliance found that one third were focused on making sure their businesses remained competitive and innovative well beyond the crisis. "The majority of ...

The great fall of China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... only is out numero uno export market on the ropes (buying 32.7% of our total exports as at 2019), the second - Japan (9%) - third - South Korea (5%) - fourth, fifth and down the line are also in line for contractions in their respective economies. While ...

Healthcare outperforms as financials plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... sector-which increased from a 1% weight in the S&P/ASX 200 in 2000 to just over 10% as of the end of 2019, becoming the third-largest sector in the index behind financials and materials," Orzano said. "Just a few months later, healthcare has increased ...

Chief economist update: How deep the global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... political crisis, there is continued severe uncertainty about the duration and intensity of the shock," the IMF continued. "Third, under current circumstances there is a very different role for economic policy. In normal crises, policymakers try to encourage ...

BlackRock bullish on China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... single digits and high homeownership rates aiding discretionary spending. "The urbanisation trend is another catalyst as one-third of China's population remains rural and migration to cities implies higher wages and spending," they said. "We also see ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... Composite lost 0.33%. The volatility index is now trading up 3.23% at 46.7 points. The falls come despite New York recording its third day straight of coronavirus cases below-peak levels. Even with these decreases, the Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo ...