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How early release impacts the ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... the economic crisis. And with super funds needing to generate cash, and fast, questions remain on how this will impact equities markets. According to research house Rainmaker Information, at the end of 2019, Australia's superannuation funds owned approximately ...

Pinnacle boutique launches Cayman fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... available as an Australian unit trust but will now be available as a Cayman fund. The strategy invests in rates, FX and equities and was previously only available through an Australian unit trust. It is run by a former Morgan Stanley Australia and Brevan ...

Long/Short fund returns 23.2% in April

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
An ASX-listed global equities long/short fund has returned 23.2% in April, as global bourses rebounded following their March lows. L1 Capital's Long Short fund lifted 23.16% pre-tax during the month, however the fund is still down 11.57% since the beginning ...

Super switching three times higher: CFS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... assets. The second most popular investment category was Australian shares, with 26% of those who switched moving into equities. "Switch call volumes peaked on March 23 after the S&P/ASX shed 5.6% to 4546, down 36.5% from its peak just over two months ...

Capital retention policies may hit investors: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... tight rein on capital will likely leave investors worse off. A research paper by First Sentier Investors' systematic equities manager Realindex shows investors - particularly those invested in financial services firms and banks - are going to be on the ...

HESTA announces three GM appointments

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... investment operations and market risk management and modelling). His hire comes as HESTA set a goal of internalising Aussie equities by 2021 and to be underway in cash and fixed interest in 2022, announced by the fund in March. Cameron reports to HESTA ...

Pinnacle adds new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... former Stewart Investors and Fidelity managers. London-based Aikya Investment Management will invest in emerging markets equities, and is Pinnacle's first Europe-based partner. Aikya's founding team members include Stewart Investors' Ashish ...

Pendal appoints new head of HNW distribution

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... family offices. He started on April 20. Lee has about 20 years of experience, including, seven at Macquarie Group as an equities analyst in Sydney and London and then on the institutional equity sales desk. Between 2006 and 2014, he was head of the Australian ...

Hedge fund with zero correlation to equities to launch

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... is managed by two industry veterans, Gary Norden and Nam Nguyen, and is designed to have close to zero correlation to equities. Norden has 30 years of derivatives trading experience, while Nguyen has 20 years' experience in developing mathematical models ...

ESG-themed funds fall short of expectations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... IFP Global Franchise has about 5% of its portfolio invested in British American Tobacco. Looking at Australian large equities strategies separately, again funds with no specific ESG theme received the strongest low carbon designations. Hyperion Australian ...