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Iress inks bond exchange partnership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... COVID-19-driven market volatility and the GFC has showed, the fact that private investors' portfolios are dominated by equities "exposes them to significant risks of loss of capital and income". "During the GFC, bonds outperformed most other asset classes ...

The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... diversification in a world of increasing US-China de-coupling," it said. It also believes that over the near-term Asian ex-Japan equities were likely to outperform, with China likely leading growth in the region. It is also overweight US equities for ...

Equities attractive in search for yield: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Australian equities have not been immune to the effects of COVID-19, with company earnings taking a material hit, despite the equity market rallying from its lows in mid to late March, according to Zenith Investment Partners. Zenith said a flow on effect ...

USD exposure benefits investors: ETF Securities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... chief executive of ETF Securities, said most of the time, investors intending any of these actions are concentrating on equities. "But the same attention should be paid to all areas of the portfolio - even the cash weighting," Walesby said. "Many investors ...

First Sentier rejigs executive lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... alongside other departures and appointments in its global executive lineup. The business's chief investment officer for equities David Dixon is retiring while global chief investment officer for fixed income and multi-assets solutions Paul Griffiths ...

VFMC appoints head of equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
Victoria Funds Management Corporation has promoted a senior portfolio manager to head of equities, and hired from outside the company to fill the vacant role. Michael Stavropoulos has been named VFMC's head of equities after an internal recruitment ...

Switching prompts fund to alter allocations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... 'Glidepath: Take off' option growth asset allocation went from 80-100% to 75-100%. Previously that growth mix was be 60-80% equities and 10-30% growth alternatives, now it will be 5-35% growth alternatives and 55-85% equities. "Without changes to our ...

Fund managers adapt to market pain

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Aussie equities fund managers steadily improved in performance relative to benchmark from January to March, according to an updated SPIVA Australia Scorecard from S&P. In January, only 21.6% of Australian equities (general category) funds beat the benchmarks ...

Active versus passive: The debate continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... perform really well and have a great, thriving business." Of course, there is an inherent difference between investing in equities and another asset class like fixed income. Mihkel Kase, Schroders portfolio manager fixed income & multi-asset, said active ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... rotate within the equity market into more cyclical names as the recovery gains case," Craig said. He believes quality equities in the US will outperform until we see beta markets like Australia and Japan lift on the back of a better economic outlook. ...