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Hedge funds record best month since GFC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... their fortunes reversed in April. Macro strategies were able to limit their losses to -1.58% at April end, significantly lower than hedge funds' over -5% YTD.

Fed buys up BlackRock ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... companies that were investment grade on March 22, 2020," he said. "By purchasing these bonds, the Federal Reserve is able to lower the borrowing costs for investment-grade companies and thus facilitate economic activity."

UniSuper stares down job crisis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... fund has not seen an unexpected boost in early release requests. "To date early release of super applications are at the lower end of expectations. We have a very conservative approach to liquidity, so even if the number of applications does increase ...

Impact offers opportunity during crisis: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... resourcing post-completion. Logue said there was recognition that social impact bonds are a helpful way to test new solutions at lower risk, improve evaluation practices and build new and appropriate levels of funding for a service. "Successful social ...

State Street rejigs international equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... initially screened out companies involved in tobacco and controversial weapons. In 2018, State Street changed the fund to 50% lower carbon emissions and reserves compared to MSCI World-ex Australia and targeted 20% improvement in overall ESG profile. ...

Clearstream rebrands Australian acquisition

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... parts of funds services for Australian custodian banks, wrap platforms and wealth. This will allow them to benefit from lower costs, Clearstream said, as well as increased efficiency and international standards. Clearstream Banking chief executive and ...

Wage growth, not wage cuts

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... are often more responsive to the increase in capacity utilisation that results from increased consumer demand than to a lower profit share." This explains the "economic stagnation" experienced since the Global Financial Crisis, he said, with low wage ...

Super release widens gender gap: AMP

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... frontline of the crisis are women, she said, with 70% female representation in the health and social sectors. "These are lower income occupations which are at the front of the fight against COVID-19," she said. Bourguignon noted that cleaners, teachers ...

Let's not waste the crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... did not discriminate based on socio-economic factors," she said. "However, what has become clear is that it is people in lower paid jobs that are most heavily impacted. "They have jobs that cannot be done from home, often live in high density share housing ...

Collapse of REITs spells opportunity: SG Hiscock

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... including development, funds management and performance fees. "We had been pushing up capitalisation rates and assigning lower multiples for other income sources." The global shut down disproportionately impacted REITs, he said, not through misbehaviour ...