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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 ...

Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
They were loathed, yelled at, vilified and even arrested - but the hordes of panic-buyers and toilet paper hoarders that invaded supermarkets, hardware stores, bottle shops, and businesses selling "work from home" wares may have collectively limited ...

Best, worst performing Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Morningstar has revealed the Australian equities funds that topped and tanked during the March quarter, which ended with S&P/ASX 200 falling nearly 30% from its February 20 all-time high. The quarter saw the main benchmarks for large cap Australian ...

Challenger winds up boutique partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Challenger's Fidante Partners has sold its stake in an event-driven manager that it partnered with in 2018, according to its March quarter update which also shows superannuation funds moving to cash. Fidante has ended its partnership with US-based firm ...

Market pain to continue: State Street

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
With volatility still high, economic activity uncertain and investor sentiment low, a collapse in earnings could trigger another fall in risk assets. According to State Street Global Advisors senior investment strategist Raf Choudhury, this uncertainty ...

HUB24 net inflows up 72%

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Despite global markets crashing in March, HUB24 continued to experience strong net inflows in the quarter of $1.4 billion, with gross inflows of $1.8 billion. The specialist platform said these inflows had been driven by support from its large national ...

Why COVID-19 could boost ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
As the world celebrates Earth Day today,the environmentally conscious in the investment industry have said COVID-19 could be the crisis that causes us to take climate change more seriously. Calvert Research president and chief executive John Streur ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... and hiring plans contained in the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (which fell by 8.1 points to a reading of 96.4 in March - the largest monthly decline in the survey's history) dropped by 9%. And if the present and future job losses are not bad ...

Ironbark fund rating under review

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
A $180 million multi-manager alternatives fund from Ironbark has been put under review at Morningstar as the ratings house waits for clarity on March quarter performance. The Ironbark LHP Diversified Investments invests in 25 to 50 sub-managers of alternative ...

Ethical fund manager wears $520m hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
The market impact of COVID-19 hit Australian Ethical to the tune of half a billion dollars in the first quarter, but strong inflows have helped limit the damage. The ethical wealth manager closed the first quarter on March 31 with $3.59 billion in funds ...