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Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... equal; as the saying goes, you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out. "The volatility associated with COVID-19 may provide active managers the ideal environment in which to outperform," Morningstar said. "Indeed, history has shown ...

Queensland funds delay merger

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... has been delayed, owing to difficulties in conducting due diligence while staff are working remotely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the fund, the delay was "not unexpected". "Due diligence activities regarding our merger with Sunsuper ...

Platinum funds downgraded at Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... Morningstar said in a note. Platinum recently emerged as one of the best-performing funds in a Morningstar report during the COVID-19 volatility. However, despite the downside protection, its process setting requires many investment settings to be right ...

Aussie funds bleed $4bn in March

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... 75% of funds management firms with automated transactions. "The magnitude of redemptions in March illustrates the effect COVID-19 is having on investment momentum in Australia, where aside from modest volatility events, the market has seen month-on-month ...

Gargantuan stimulus needed to survive economic disaster

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... the risk of a debt-default deflationary spiral as households and businesses, already leveraged with debt well before the COVID-19 crisis, struggle to pay back their loans. In an article for the Conversation, University of Sydney Professor of macroeconomics ...

COVID-19 shines a light on ESG: First Sentier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has brought ESG to the fore and will give greater momentum to responsible investment processes, according to First Sentier Investors. Kate Turner, responsible investment specialist at First Sentier, said that ESG is at the top of ...

Pandemic puts pressure on ETF spreads

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
The spreads on many exchange-traded products were wider than usual amid the COVID-19 market crash, with price discovery becoming increasingly more difficult. That's according to ETF Securities co-head of sales Kanish Chugh, who pointed to global equity ...

ESG investing now mainstream: deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... fore, according to global independent financial advisory deVere. A shift towards ESG was already taking place, however, the COVID-19 crisis has kicked the transition into overdrive, catapulting responsible and sustainable investing to become "mainstream". ...

ESG performing positively: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
ESG performance has been positive across global markets since the outbreak of COVID-19, according to MSCI. Although the current conditions have only existed for a few months, MSCI said it observed a positive performance contribution from ESG across ...

Raiz cuts costs, super increases

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... platform maintains it is well funded with cash and term deposits, totalling $11.5 million as of the end of March. Raiz said COVID-19 spurred volatility had impacted FUM as well as the number of active customers, as members rush to cash out their investments. ...