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Best, worst global equities funds in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... offset painful stock-specific issues in some of its largest positions." Morningstar said while it usually doesn't focus on short-term performance, analysing it in periods of stress can be helpful in seeing if the strategy is performing as intended, if ...

Multi-asset strategies key in COVID-19 crisis: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... half of our usual exposure for equities, as defined by our NAA," Somaia said. "Maybe equity markets will look through the short term - but in reality we think we're going to see negative results by large number of corporates in coming months, with some ...

AMP bleeds $18 billion

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The market damage of COVID-19 saw AMP's wealth management arm shed more than $18 billion during the first quarter. COVID-19 has left AMP around $18 billion shorter than it was at the beginning of the year, with the economic impact of the pandemic hitting ...

Best, worst performing Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... below benchmark for large cap category and 1.4% below benchmark for mid/small managers. "While we don't like to focus on short-term returns, analysing the performance of different strategies during an extreme market event can be instructive," Morningstar ...

Challenger winds up boutique partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... with US-based firm Latigo Partners. Latigo Partners' investments include distressed securities, special situations and long/short credit and equity investing. At the time of partnering, Fidante said the partnership was consistent with its strategy of ...

Regal Atlantic fund down 58.6%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... in 2019." Regal said it has since repositioned these exposures, but its initial positioning going into March impacted the short-term performance. It said it shorts positions in the education, financial and consumer discretionary names made a positive ...

CBA Group Super posts -7.7% returns for March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... remains highly uncertain. This uncertainty of economic outlook means we expect to see continued volatility in markets in the short term," CBA said in an investment update to members. "We construct our diversified investment options to achieve our long-term ...

Law firm cuts pay

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... sheet for the long-term, while building in flexibility to continue to respond to the emerging COVID-19 environment in the short term," he said. The changes will come into effect from April 20, and will continue until the end of June. However, the firm ...

Chief economist update: Surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
If this is as bad as it gets, give me coronavirus everyday (well, hope not). The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that employment increased (yes, it's up) by 5900 in March and the unemployment rate ticked up by an itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... growth in 2020 to fall to -3%. This is a downgrade of 6.3 percentage points from January 2020, a major revision over a very short period," she said. "This makes the Great Lockdown the worst recession since the Great Depression, and far worse than the ...