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Volatility hits super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
The current volatility of global financial markets is taking its toll on some of Australia's largest superannuation funds. Latest Rainmaker analysis of superannuation returns and unit pricing shows Australia's large superannuation funds aren't ...

EM debt relatively unscathed by virus: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
New research shows emerging markets debt has been relatively unscathed by the coronavirus so far. But risk still remains. Eaton Vance's (EM) debt team said the positive news has been driven by the expectation that the impact on growth will be temporary ...

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
With the coronavirus, now dubbed COVID-19, impacting not only many lives, but now also the bottom line of some of the world's biggest companies, investors are chasing shorting opportunities to bank big on the pandemic. According to the World Health ...

AMPFPA action progresses, associations merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
The AMP Financial Planners Association is anticipating a class action to be filed on behalf of its members later this month, as it gears up to merge with the Hillross Advisers Association. Speaking to Financial Standard, AMPFPA chief executive Neil ...

Retail funds outperform, but industry funds dominate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... earning around 63 basis points more thanks to a 15.19% return which was largely underpinned by the sector's propensity to gear its investments towards equities and property. However despite the good year for retail funds, large industry funds took the ...

Schroders to bring private equity fund to Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
Schroders, best recognised in Australia for its fixed income and equity strategies, is gearing up to bring a private equity fund to local investors later this year. The new fund will use a fund-of-fund structure to invest in externally-managed private ...

Former CFS GAM head in new venture

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
The former Colonial First State Global Asset Management head of responsible investment is gearing up to launch a new sustainable investing solution. Pablo Berrutti is launching Altiorem, a registered charity which will act as an online library and resource ...

AustralianSuper PM joins fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
A portfolio manager from AustralianSuper has joined a specialist investment firm looking to expand its footprint in Australia. Global equities portfolio manager Alex Whight will join the Milford Asset Management team in Sydney next week. Whight will ...

SMSFA chief slams regulators, FASEA

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney has slammed ASIC for a fact sheet published and distributed to SMSF trustees last year. During a speech at a Pritchitt Partners event in Sydney, the SMSFA chief also took aim at FASEA and the ATO. Maroney ...

Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
More young Aussies are turning to their parents, the appropriately dubbed 'Bank of Mum and Dad', to help secure equity for a first home deposit, and financial advisers are split on the growing trend. For some, the lucky few, the money for the ...