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FICAP sponsors donate $150k despite postponement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... Investments Montgomery Investments Morningstar Nikko NMG Consulting Partners Group Pendal PIMCO PM Capital Profusion Group RARE Infrastructure Schroders Spire Capital UBS Vanguard Financial Standard is the official media partner of FICAP.

2020 MAX Awards finalists named

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... title this year is UBS Asset Management, Allianz Retire+, State Street Global Advisors, Franklin Templeton Investments and RARE Infrastructure. Meanwhile, BMO Global Asset Management's Michael Angwin, Perennial Value's Cesar Farfan, iShares' ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... capital flight increased," Grana and Culley said. "This dynamic has aggravated the challenging environment brought on by the rare occurrence of simultaneous supply and demand shocks." In the post-pandemic world, emerging economies previously reliant ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... companies will settle back on the growth paths along which they were headed before the crisis. This crisis has offered a rare opportunity to cycle capital into the highest quality portfolio at the most favourable prices, ultimately setting a foundation ...

AZ NGA makes 64th acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA) has acquired a material interest in a risk advice business with offices in Sydney and Brisbane. Certe Wealth Protection is a specialist risk insurance advice business that currently employs four advisers and seven ...

Tail-risk hedging pays off for super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... like COVID-19 was entirely predictable but almost impossible to time. Taleb's book The Black Swan focuses on extreme and rare outlier events and argues that it is futile to attempt to time such events and that banks and trading firms may be more vulnerable ...

Pandemic response concerns overblown

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
Deloitte Access Economics is urging Australians to leave their concerns about the budgetary impact of Australia's response to COVID-19 at the door. New analysis by Deloitte Access Economics partner Chris Richardson shows Australians needn't be concerned ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... particularly smaller players, whose only exposure to Australian shares is passive," van de Pol said. He added that it's rare to see super funds "stand out from the crowd" in terms of minimising, or maximising, their exposure to these companies. Woodside ...

Cbus Property launches new project

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... sustainability. Cbus Property chief executive, Adrian Pozzo, said: "The Castlereagh site offers a prestigious address with rare historic character in the centre of Sydney." "It provides the opportunity to offer the best of both worlds by both showcasing ...

Hermes handbags an emerging asset class for UHNWs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... collectable Hermes bags and they returned 13% in 2019, beating annual returns of other collectables like cars, jewellery, art and rare whisky. Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index, for the first time, added collectable handbags to its list of asset classes. ...