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VGI Partners readies $1bn Asian fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... in companies listed in Asia or with significant exposure to Asia that are currently undervalued by the market while also short selling securities which VGI thinks are vulnerable to a material decline in price. VGI Partners executive chair Robert Luciano ...

Australian equity markets remain clean: ASIC

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... supervision work. ASIC used two methods to measure cleanliness, looking out for abnormal pre-announcement price moves in short time windows ahead of MPSAs, as well as measuring the concentration of timely, profitable, and suspicious trading ahead of ...

Suncorp responds to shareholder resolution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... address the resolution at its annual general meeting on 26 September 2019. The shareholders are requesting Suncorp disclose short, medium and long term targets to reduce investment and underwriting exposures to fossil fuel assets along with plans and ...

Buy time ahead for Aussie equities: Tribeca

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... about 20% since the start of the year. On Wednesday, it hit the highest since the GFC in 2007. "We do believe there will be short-term volatility, particularly as we head into the August reporting season. We do see potential downside to the equity index ...

Government to close super salary sacrifice loophole

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
New legislation will enforce stronger protections against dodgy employers who short change workers' superannuation savings via salary sacrifice contributions. Assistant Treasurer and Housing Minister Michael Sukkar introduced a raft of tax measures ...

Shorting doesn't have to be risky: Solaris

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... the stage to explain Solaris' preferred shorting techniques and to dispel what he sees as some of the misconceptions about short selling. "Used effectively, shorting techniques can enhance returns without having the commensurate increased risk," Martin ...

Super working in favour of all members

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
Superannuation is working effectively to support members of all ages, genders and income levels, new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia shows. ASFA's Outcomes: A snapshot of account balances in Australia found members ...

Active, passive investing continues to confuse: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... for risk did not match the appetite for returns. About 86% of investors said long-term results were more important than short-term gains, yet 77% of investors said they would opt for safety over performance if forced to make a choice. "Investors don't ...

Portfolio manager caught out faking returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... cover up his conduct, the SEC said. "Rege used different discount curves to arrive at the net present value of long and short positions in certain swaps and options on interest rate swaps ("swaptions") that otherwise had similar characteristics and thus ...

Mercer unveils best-performing Aussie equity funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... found Martin Currie's Australia Real Income strategy delivered 18.8% in the year to June 2019. BlackRock Equitised Long Short (17.5%), AMP Capital Sustainable Share Fund (17.1%), Regal Australian Long Short Equity Fund (16.9%), ECP Asset Management ...