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Pendal awards registry mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... Funds Management notified investors in four funds (Atlantic Absolute Return, Tasman Market Neutral, Small Companies and Long Short Equity) that it was changing its registry provider from HSBC Fund Services to Boardroom Pty Ltd effective May 25. "This ...

Behavioural tools to limit losses, fear

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... inaction. Rumination, which occurs when people get stuck in negative patterns of thought, can also leave people prone to making short sighted decisions that hurt more than they help in the long run, Newcomb said. "When someone is stuck in rumination ...

Regal Atlantic fund perks up in April

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... Medical Developments (up 42%) and Opthea (up 32%) were other positive contributors. Its detractors for the month came from its short book, especially cyclical and energy holdings. Despite April's positive returns, the fund is still down 65.9% since the ...

Revenues lift 30% at Xero

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... and banks on the impacts to small business and how assistance is provided." Despite the firm's strong results, it stopped short of providing guidance on the impacts of COVID-19 for the full year 2021. "Xero's ambition is to be a long-term orientated ...

Hedge funds rally in April, but YTD still bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... strong returns of +11.89% in April, but are in the red at -17.67% for the year." Other performance winners in April were long/short equity funds and origination and financing funds, which saw returns of 7.95% and 7.21% respectively, eVestment said. "Long/short ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... ostensibly cheap in our view considering the largely unknown impact COVID-19 will have on corporate earnings." At least over the short term the market dislocation had been addressed, he said, with volatility easing in both bond and equity markets. In ...

Investment manager launches income fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
A credit and alternative investment manager has launched its first Australian product; a global credit income fund set to provide investors with 3-4% in yield per annum. The strategic joint venture between global credit investment manager Ares Management ...

Compliance crackdown, consultations on horizon: ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
The chief compliance officer of the ASX has revealed the stock exchange is continuing to focus on advisers gouging fees during the COVID-19 crisis, and revealed the several consultations it has on the horizon. Speaking over the phone for the Governance ...

Death of dividends greatly exaggerated: Epoch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... withstand a temporary demand hit." One other factor to consider, McIntyre said, is that despite the deterioration of the short-term market environment, the ability of many companies to pay dividends has actually improved over recent years. "Most firms ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... GGOV's focus on long-maturity bonds enhances the fund's diversification and defensive benefits. "Given that yields on many short-maturity sovereign bonds are currently close to zero, it is primarily bonds with a longer term to maturity that are more ...