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BetaShares swaps out unlisted fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
BetaShares is closing an unlisted fund in global equities and moving investors to a newly-established fund. The BetaShares CPS - Global Managers Trust was externally managed and invested in global shares. BetaShares has decided to replace the fund with ...

Not buy time yet: Lonsec

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... in a market with significant volatility, gold has acted like a safe haven," he said. Overall, its slightly underweight equities. Within the global equities portion, it has a slightly higher allocation to emerging markets. However, in fixed income, it ...

Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... according to data compiled by Schroders. The effect is that those looking to rebalance their portfolios move to cash, or buy equities which have fallen significantly since their February 21 peak, must now take an extra hit if they exit a fund. "Typically ...

Return of the king

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... when the market crashes you'll be glad you had it. Here we are, just a couple months on, and the 10-year bull run in equities is over. So, Financial Standard checked back in with Simon Doyle, head of fixed income at Schroders, and Alex Vynokur, chief ...

Lonsec recommends PCFM fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... upgraded its rating of a flagship Premium China Funds Management offering, recognising the firm's heritage in Chinese equities. The firm's Premium Asia Fund has been handed a recommended rating by the research house, who said it took a "positive view" ...

Warakirri appoints exclusive manager for equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Warakirri Asset Management has chosen a boutique to manage about $375 million across its equities strategies, as it moves away from multi-manager structure. Northcape Capital will now manage Warakirri Asset Management's equities strategies ($300 million ...

Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... difficult, the indiscriminate sell-off has opened up investment opportunities, Nikko Asset Management head of Australian equities, Brad Potter said. "To state the obvious, these are not normal market conditions," he said. "Like other large market corrections ...

Janus Henderson announces equity team changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... which he dedicated eight years to fixed income. Further, he has 21 years of experience working in various senior roles in equities, as a portfolio manager, group lead, director of research, as well as also running various quantitative strategies and ...

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

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... period." Unsurprisingly, growth funds performed relatively worse on average to balanced strategies given their weighting to equities. During the sell-off, performance ranged from -14.27% to -22.65%, but Morningstar said poor underlying manager selection ...

ASX suffers worst quarter in over a century

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... worldwide went into lockdown in March," the report said. "Global markets were rocked by extreme levels of volatility as equities whipsawed into bear territory." The S&P/ASX 200 posted its worst-ever daily decline, falling 10% on March 16 and shortly ...