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Chief economist update: The outlook for Australia, according to COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... unemployment rate peaks at around 10% over coming months and is still above 7% at the end of next year." "In the March quarter just passed, CPI inflation rose to 2.2%, but it is expected to turn negative temporarily in the June quarter, due to falls ...

Pendal appoints new head of HNW distribution

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... conducted a very thorough search and had a lot of interest in the role," a Pendal spokesperson said. Pendal's March quarter results saw it slip from managing $101.4 billion at December end to $86 billion at March end, after losing $3.9 billion to ...

Chief economist update: Labor Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... update on the Eurozone shows that the single-currency region is far from immune. Euro area GDP fell by 3.8% in the March quarter. Annualised, this translates to a 14.4% drop in national (or euro-wide) output with France and Italy now in a technical recession ...

Chief economist update: No cheers as RBA hits inflation target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that annual headline CPI inflation accelerated to 2.2% in the March quarter - higher than market expectations for a 2.0% print, the fastest pace since the September but more importantly, it's back ...

Future Fund falls 3.4% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
Australia's sovereign wealth fund lost 3.4% or about $6 billion in the March quarter, and is in no hurry to revalue its unlisted assets out of cycle unlike some superannuation funds. The Future Fund stood at $162 billion at March end, after returning ...

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
... stores, bottle shops, and businesses selling "work from home" wares may have collectively limited the widely-expected March quarter contraction in the Australian economy (at the very least) or saved it from a negative print (at best). Together, hoarders ...

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
... 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 Latigo Partners. ...

HUB24 net inflows up 72%

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... implications when rebalancing portfolios, and digital signatures for onboarding clients. Other solutions added during the March quarter include 26 new managed portfolios, plus a Milliman SmartShield Portfolio range which provides protection during periods ...