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Best, worst global equities funds in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... quarter in Morningstar's universe, while a Stewart Investors fund came out on top. In the March quarter, while the local S&P/ASX Small Ords Total Return fell 26.72%, global stock market indices were down between 6.26% (MSCI AC Asia Ex Japan NR AUD) and ...

Best, worst performing Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... Morningstar has revealed the Australian equities funds that topped and tanked during the March quarter, which ended with S&P/ASX 200 falling nearly 30% from its February 20 all-time high. The quarter saw the main benchmarks for large cap Australian equities ...

Janus Henderson AGM to go ahead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... documents prevent a virtual-only meeting. Still, no shareholders may attend. The global asset manager announced the changes to the ASX, citing stay-at-home orders issued by the Colorado state government. The asset manager said it is not permitted to ...

CBA Group Super posts -7.7% returns for March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... sharemarkets over the three-month period from 1 January to 31 March 2020. The Australian sharemarket, measured by the S&P/ASX 200 index, experienced a fall of approximately -24% in the period, whereas our Balanced (MySuper) option return was approximately ...

Law firm cuts pay

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
Slater and Gordon directors and senior executives will see their pay reduced by 10-15%, as the ASX-listed legal powerhouse moves to strengthen its balance sheet amid the COVID-19 crisis. Slater and Gordon's directors, chief executive and executive leadership ...

Brokerage platform appoints managing director

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... entrepreneurs who took a dream and built a business meeting the real needs of its customers and then led that business to list on the ASX," he said. "The board wishes to thank Andrew for his vision, his energy and his unwavering belief, all which have ...

Healthcare outperforms as financials plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... last two decades, now approaching the size of Australia's materials sector. "One key change to the composition of the S&P/ASX 200 over the past two decades was the outsized growth of the healthcare sector-which increased from a 1% weight in the S&P/ASX ...

Top picks for dividends during COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
UBS says the dividend dip in Australian stocks in the next year could be worse than the Global Financial Crisis, but six stocks are poised to pay good dividends. In 2008, dividends fell by $10.5 billion (or 28%) to $44.9 billion. But this time, dividends ...

APRA-regulated fund or SMSF: It's all the same

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... level SMSFs as a segment probably fell around 14% in March, slightly more than the average 11% fall in MySuper. "Combined with ASX companies squeezing their dividends this could really put the squeeze of SMSFs to pay retirement income," Dunnin said. ...

Global markets bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... month. Amid the current volatile environment, Dawes recommends Australian investors look to China-focused companies. "The ASX is also not immune from these global shocks; our only saving grace might be China as they are getting back to work sooner than ...