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BetaShares swaps out unlisted fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... investors for about five years. Its unlisted funds lineup includes about a dozen strategies across passive and combination of active and passive. Vynokur declined to comment on the unlisted business's total assets.

Asset devaluation continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
Another industry super fund has reduced the value of its unlisted assets as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic worsen. Hostplus has devalued assets within its property and infrastructure portfolios by a range of 7.5%-10% depending on the individual ...

Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... tenants." Demand for co-working spaces increasing, he argued, may not be the best news for landlords. "[However] adopting active leasing strategies to capitalise on the workspace of the future may bear fruit for pre-emptive office space owners," Hicks ...

Multi-asset results mixed in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... for the Morningstar conservative cohort ranged from negative 6.49% to negative 11.23%," Morningstar said. It named Pendal Active Conservative as a winner in the space, thanks to its allocation to defensively positioned fixed interest funds. "Ultimately ...

Challenger shuffles life portfolio asset allocations

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
Challenger Life has tilted its investment portfolio away from equities and sub-investment grade fixed income and towards more liquid assets, as COVID-19 sparks volatility in most asset classes. Challenger Life has slashed equity holdings from 13% of ...

No new ASX 200 names this quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... volatility, in what industry watchers say could help ETF investors save costs, but raises questions about the passive versus active nature of indices. S&P Dow Jones rebalances its global indices every quarter, including the local ASX 200, which usually ...

Pinnacle distribution director takes new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
Pinnacle Investment Management's director of institutional sales is leaving the role for a $12.8 billion multi-boutique. Duncan Hodnett will join Maple-Brown Abbott as its head of global distribution coming Monday. The newly-created role puts Hodnett ...

Industry funds face reality of COVID-19 shutdown

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... assets, and we are comfortable about managing our illiquid assets such as property and infrastructure," Doyle said. "Our active investment approach means over the past few years we have taken steps to help protect our members' super from market shocks ...

Mutual fund assets lose $1.3 trillion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... ending the 10-year bull market," the global asset manager said. However, the research said despite the heavy losses, both active and passive mutual fund strategies added net flows during February. "Taxable bond mutual funds continue to be a destination ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... volatility, have most investors feeling palpably anxious. But market dislocation can create opportunities, especially for the active investor, according to LGM Investment's Global Emerging Markets Fund lead portfolio manager, Rishi Patel. "Emerging ...