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Currency-hedged ETFs gather pace

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
Currency-hedged funds took four of the top 10 spots in ETF inflow league tables for April, in what may suggest local investors' conviction to a change in US dollar's strength. April saw net inflows of about $1 billion into ASX-listed ETFs, taking ...

APRA releases latest ERS data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... its payout exceeding the $1 billion mark, followed by Sunsuper and Hostplus. Sunsuper has shown to be a standout amongst the top 10, being the only major player to release funds within the five business day guide 100% of the time. APRA said the fund-level ...

Asset allocation in a post-pandemic world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... investors, with quality companies trading at a significant discount," he said. "It really does pay to do your research and stay on top of macroeconomic developments." Gary Wilson, senior consultant and member of JANA's portfolio construction research ...

Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... distractions brought about by COVID-19. "What I find in times like this is the real guns, the really good operators, they rise to the top. They make themselves very obvious," Barrett said. Barrett told Financial Standard the firms which have been proactive ...

Mudslinging over FASEA extension continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
Labor has slammed the Association of Financial Advisers for spouting untruths over the path of the FASEA extension bill through the Senate. Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Assistant Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones told Financial ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... shipped to Japan - the second biggest market - at 12.7%. But Australia also bought a lot more from China - the country's top imports source - procuring 18.0% of its total imports from Beijing during the period. Imports from the US of A (12.3% of ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... retailers, but we are weary of sectors that will have a U-shaped recovery such as travel," she said. "Healthcare will remain our top overweight due to their defensive and growth characteristics." In contrast, Page believes there to be opportunities in ...

Advisers split on COVID-19 opportunity

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... However, almost 61% of advisers said they'd been discussing the importance of staying the course with clients. Rounding out the top three topics between advisers and clients were the decisions of the government and support packages available. About 45% ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... of a new wave of coronavirus cases in northeast China, with one city in Jilin province being reclassified as high-risk, the top of a three-tier zoning system," it reads. "Eleven new cases in Shulan were confirmed on May 9, all of them members of her ...

Active share, past outperformance can predict returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... tool to identify separate accounts that outperform," it reads. "Unconditionally, the portfolio of separate accounts in the top 20% of past performance has a subsequent alpha of just 0.25% per year (t-stat = 0.53). The portfolio of separate accounts in ...