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Why Vanguard won't do gold ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... and as such we won't offer a gold ETF at this time," he said. On that basis, Vanguard has stayed away from doing commodity ETFs. The one exception it has made is in the US, where it has a commodities fund that uses commodity futures and so passes ...

Virus fallout worse than GFC: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... cross-border economic linkages, as well as the large confidence effects impacting economic activity and financial and commodity markets, the argument for a coordinated, international response is clear," Gopinath said.

EM debt relatively unscathed by virus: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... will be affected as tourism from China likely declines. "More broadly, commodities exporters globally will be hit as commodity prices fall due to reduced demand from China. Likely examples include exporters such as Chile, Saudi Arabia and Brazil." On ...

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... saying in the market that it's ok to sell as long as you sell early," she said. "Very early on, I sold energy and commodity based companies as China is the largest consumer of commodities in the world. "I also avoided travel companies, tourism-reliant ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... for around 33% of Australia's total exports. Australia's exports account would also suffer from the drop in commodity prices hit by the slowing China growth outlook. China is also Australia's top source of imports - 20.4% of total - consisting ...

Asia is way forward for global economy: DWS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... growth of Asia is less volatile than emerging markets ex Asia," Taylor said. "If you look at Latin America, it is quite commodity and interest rate based. It's the same story in South Africa. Turkey is very politically run and Russia is quite dependent ...

GAM hires, launches new strategies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... appointment coincides with the expansion of GAM's local product offering to include GAM Systematic Core Macro and Commodity Trade Finance. The strategies have been implemented to complement GAM's established local offerings, GAM Systematic Alternative ...

VanEck launches new income product

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... poor business investment and slowing household spending. "Business investment too has dropped off since the end of the commodity boom, taking away an essential ingredient for economic growth," he said. "We are also likely to see low interest rates persist ...

Super sector to dominate by 2034

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... experience of members. "Basic administration functions such as transactions, unit pricing and member statements are becoming commodity services. They will be offered by a few specialist businesses with low fees based on volumes," Rice Warner said. "Conversely ...

Volcker Rule tweak gets green light

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... a compliance date of 1 January 2021. The five agencies whose approval was needed include: Federal Reserve Board, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the ...