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Is it really as bad as it seems?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... assets, portfolio diversification and volatility insurance will be increasingly important for investors. "As rates remain lower for even longer, securities that can offer sustainable income even under tougher conditions will also become increasingly ...

Investment approaches in change phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... pa in comparison to SAA on like-for-like terms. None of the participating funds believed that TPA was likely to result in lower returns than an SAA based approach. Unger said this is along the lines of what is being witnessed during the COVID-19 crisis ...

Local financial sector to lose $3.5bn plus

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... "And some of our export earnings are taking a hit. For example, the record low oil prices seen around the world also mean lower gas prices. Given that Australia is now the world's largest or second largest gas exporter, that's draining dollars ...

Best MySuper products revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... 15.3% over one year and 10% per annum over three. It has $28.4 billion in its MySuper strategy. Hostplus has a slightly lower risk MySuper product, rating medium to high on the SRM. In third, UniSuper with $17 billion in MySuper and returning 18.2% over ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... large market dislocations have been times when good active managers have proven their worth, the best of them delivering lower volatility and greater downside protection than the passive index funds. "However, such periods also inevitably reveal some ...

COVID-19 shines a light on ESG: First Sentier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... within the investment community." Turner said from an environmental perspective, reduced travel and tourism is resulting in lower carbon emissions, but the focus needs to be on what happens when the crisis is over. "We have seen temporary benefits, but ...

ATO to determine duplicate ERS applications

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... application form. Funds will also only be allowed to pay less than the determined amount if the member account balance is lower than the approved amount or the member contacts the fund as requests a lesser amount. The ATO said funds are not allowed to ...

ESG investing now mainstream: deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... Nigel Green said. "Even before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, ESG investments often outperformed the market and had lower volatility over the long-run." Companies with robust ESG credentials around the world outperformed during the recent stock ...

Australian fund regulation below average: Morningstar

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... distorted by differing tax treatments that are advantageous to ETFs, while, in New Zealand, ETFs are tax-disadvantageous for lower earners." There have been some positive steps globally to reduce the levying of distribution fees through a fund's expense ...

BNY Mellon IM boutique heads for ASX mFunds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... budget. This was a transformational step which has allowed us to deliver what we see as consistent performance at materially lower risk levels relative to competitors offering more traditional strategic asset allocation-driven processes," Insight investment ...