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A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic could lead emerging markets to lose the last decade in progress, as the world sinks deeper into a global recession far worse than the Global Financial Crisis. That's according to State Street Global Advisors head of global ...

COVID-19 is not the only factor: deVere

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... of COVID-19 will come as first-quarter earnings results season gets underway. "We will get an insight this week into how heavy a hammer-blow coronavirus has delivered to corporate America and corporate Europe in the first three months of the year," Green ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... true across every other fund as well. We can still sustain the 7% income range, it is the option income that will do the heavy lifting in the months ahead," he said. Options are ASX-traded contracts that give the holder the right to buy or sell securities ...

Wall Street surges as Sanders drops out, Wuhan reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... markets focused instead on the recovery in Wuhan, with the S&P 500 soaring 3.41%, the Dow Jones lifting 3.44% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lifting 2.58%. At the time of writing, the S&P/ASX 200 had mirrored moves made in the US, lifting 1.75% ...

Super should shape up on unlisted valuations: WTW

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... periods of heightened volatility, super funds are often swamped with members looking to switch out of higher growth, equity heavy options to lower risk, cash and bond options." The government's new early access to super program has added another element ...

Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... Grant Berry said that although REITs initially held up at the outset of the COVID-19 sell-off, they too have now suffered heavy losses. "The issue for REITs is that COVID-19 is very disruptive for tenants and how they carry on with their business," he ...

Could relief on advice compliance save consumers?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... help clients." Neil Macdonald, chief executive of The Advisers Association, said that advisers are operating under a very heavy load at the moment with clients looking for help and reassurance. He also wants to see some relief from regulatory pressures ...

Return of the king

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... equities. "The danger too is that there is a balancing act," Doyle said. "What I think has been wrong is the focus on equity-heavy portfolios, but what we don't want is a completely switch to very defensive portfolios either." Vynokur, who runs a cash ...

Times of turmoil create opportunities: deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... fallout." Investors are seeking out "new world" sectors to grow their wealth, Green said. "This is evidenced by the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index which has done well, where other global indices have faltered," he said. "New industries will come into ...

Mutual fund assets lose $1.3 trillion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... from all-time highs, 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 ...