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Fund managers adapt to market pain

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Aussie equities fund managers steadily improved in performance relative to benchmark from January to March, according to an updated SPIVA Australia Scorecard from S&P. In January, only 21.6% of Australian equities (general category) funds beat the benchmarks ...

Boom time for exchanges

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Stock exchanges around the world are reporting an uptick in their profits, as COVID-19 volatility pushes up their revenues from higher transactions. The New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, Tokyo and Japan exchanges have all reported a surge in their revenues ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
With investors caught in a nasty tug of war between the dire economic reality and the hope of a virus cure, industry leaders have warned of the potential for further downside. And with macro threats looming, markets, already fragile from a period of ...

Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... disastrous impact of restrictions has had on the Australian economy. The ABS reports that after surging by 8.5% in the month of March - due to hoarding (of toilet papers) - retail sales (based on its preliminary estimate) dropped by 17.9% in the month ...

Fund pulls mandate, alters pandemic definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
QSuper will take the management of its social responsible investment option in house and has changed the definition of pandemic illness. AMP Capital will no longer manage QSuper's socially responsible investment option as of 1 July 2020. "This change ...

Australia approaches fiscal cliff: UBS

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
Government stimulus packages and lender deferrals may have softened the economic blow of the COVID-19 pandemic but with end dates in sight, UBS has warned of an impending fiscal cliff. With JobKeeper and Jobseeker packages as well as debt deferrals ...

Proceed with caution: Janus Henderson

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
The head of global asset allocation at Janus Henderson has sounded the alarm on risk assets, warning the rally seen in April has so far ignored the threat of economic tailwinds from the COVID-19 pandemic. Janus Henderson's Ashwin Alankar warned investors ...

Boutique launches sustainable Aussie equities strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
A Legg Mason boutique that manages $20 billion has launched a new sustainable equity strategy that will use proprietary sustainability analysis instead of just relying on negative screening. Martin Currie Australia Sustainable Equity Strategy will be ...

Pendal awards registry mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
ASX-listed Pendal Group has picked a new unit registry provider for $19 billion in funds under administration across its Australian funds. Mainstream Group Holdings'Australian business has entered a five-plus-five-year agreement with Pendal to provide ...

Chief economist update: Easing restrictions narrow oil demand-supply equation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
It's only been just about a month since oil producers were practically paying buyers to come and take their stocks off them. This was on April 20, one day before the WTI oil futures contracts for May delivery dropped to minus US$36.98 per barrel. ...