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New equity partners at Tribeca unit

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... natural resources team have been promoted to equity partners. Metals and mining analyst Michael Orphanides and head of commodities trading Guy Keller have been admitted as equity partners, according to an ASX update this month. The Tribeca Global Natural ...

Global ETF leaders push for reform

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... ETPs be separated into four categories; exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded notes (ETNs), exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) and exchange-traded instruments (ETIs). In a virtual media roundtable on June 4, Obrist argued Australia's large retail ...

Global manager rolls out local access to alternatives fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... included as part of a balanced portfolio. It invests across equities, fixed income, their associated derivatives and commodities, and employs a "portfolio protection strategy" to generate uncorrelated positive returns during periods of market stress. ...

New ETFs see success as UBS suspends funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... equity and property, he said, as well as an increase in shorter-term trading activity, with traders turning to cash, commodities and geared funds. "We believe the ETF sector will continue to perform strongly- despite pressure from extreme market circumstances," ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... COVID-19," they said. "Brazil had been emerging from recession when confronted by this crisis. With demand for its commodities exports - chief among them, oil - slashed, efforts to maintain economic growth have been overwhelmed." Similarly, neither Indonesia ...

Fortescue seeks to hide pricing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... said the company is vigorously fighting the application. "As an independent publisher of news and information about commodities, Argus journalists shed light on opaque markets by speaking to a range of industry sources," Binks said. "Independent, objective ...

Future Fund not buying the oil dip

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... stored in US initially. However, Australian institutional investors have traditionally shied from holding big direct commodities exposures. And Future Fund is similar. Future Fund chief investment officer Raphael Arndt said the fund doesn't have a material ...

No golden ticket for super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... consequences for institutions like super funds which often have exposures to gold via allocations to real assets, commodities and hedge funds. "Some Australian equity strategies may serve as a proxy for commodity investments, including gold, given the ...

Praemium adds Chi-X products

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... (VMA), providing advisers with opportunities across a range of asset classes, including equities, indices, currencies, commodities and fixed income. Praemium chief executive Michael Ohanessian said it was important for advisers to have access to a "broader" ...

Boutique manager taps former Challenger executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... Fund, which aims to "dynamically allocate long and short exposure across many liquid markets" within equities, bonds, commodities and currencies.