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The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... likely cost the global economy $1 trillion, has set off a chain reaction that will forever change our long-term return expectations and strategic allocations. That's according to think-tank BlackRock Investment Institute, which believes the coronavirus ...

Balanced funds fundamentally flawed

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... destructive for those nearing retirement. "A weakness of traditional asset allocation approaches is the reliance upon asset class return forecasting and varying correlations in the build of a relatively poor risk management framework," he said. "[This] ...

Proceed with caution: Janus Henderson

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... in nonfarm payrolls of a staggering 20.5 million was unlike anything experienced before." Not all these positions will return once the pandemic is no longer of concern, he warned, especially in retail, travel and hospitality. Many small businesses as ...

Realigning remuneration expectations

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... equity -- where the report calls out the "millennial disease" of early or mid-level professionals with extraordinary expectations -- firms may have a greater opportunity to consider greater use of leverage co-investments over traditional carry. Insurers ...

MySuper bounces back

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
While the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has demolished the return expectations of investors for the year, new analysis shows MySuper products have managed to turn things around. Latest Rainmaker research shows MySuper products offered by not-for-profit ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone good news to get worse before it gets better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... while many governments in Europe have announced strategies to gradually ease lockdowns, no one is expecting economies to return to normal before Q1 2021... headline focus has been on firms scrapping dividends, withdrawing FY guidance, tapping credit ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... environment they sure could be. These credit products are issued by governments and companies, and offer higher rates of return to investors, albeit with heightened risk. In a world of low government bond yields (some below negative) and low term deposit ...

Please be aware of the nearest exit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... economy," he said. "We can expect a slow relaxation of restrictions and a slow restarting of the economy with an ultimate return to whatever the new normal is, once a vaccine is freely available - likely to be available sometime late in 2021, but possibly ...

COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... again reach peak earnings and valuations conditions, he argued. "Investors should keep their long term (after 2021) expectations in check. The post-coronavirus rally will eventually take us back to peak earning and near peak valuations," Lafferty said. ...

Not at the bottom, yet: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... with their expectations. Blomfield said Australian investors still see growth on the horizon. "The average return expectations for the All Ords for the 12 months ahead has returned to positive territory in recent days, and now sits at 1.5%, excluding ...