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Hedge funds rally in April, but YTD still bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... primary fund strategies eVestment tracks, at +10.73%, but are posting YTD returns of -16.76%," the database said. "Similarly, India-focused hedge funds posted strong returns of +11.89% in April, but are in the red at -17.67% for the year." Other performance ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... among them, oil - slashed, efforts to maintain economic growth have been overwhelmed." Similarly, neither Indonesia nor India are well equipped to manage a surge in COVID-19 cases, Grana and Culley argued. Vulnerable countries were also likely to experience ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... beginning to) flattened their respective curves and are now gradually relaxing restrictions. Among them: Australia, New Zealand, India, Italy, Spain, Germany, Greece, Iran and Saudi Arabia. China, of course, ended its lockdown weeks earlier (7 April). ...

A case for flexible asset allocation: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
Investment managers with fixed multi-asset allocations may have been better served by a flexible approach during the COVID-19 crisis. That's according to First Sentier Investors, who argue a flexible, dynamic multi-asset approach to investing can ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... impacting oil demand, oil producers and exporting countries will also be impacted. However, net oil importer countries, such as India, Turkey or China may be favoured in the current environment. Despite improving investor sentiment, the asset manager ...

The domino effect: Oil falls, markets follow

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... emerging markets, such as Russia, the Middle East and Latin America. However, this benefits importers in Asia, especially India, whose current account deficit position could benefit from cheaper oil." During a coronavirus taskforce presser overnight ...

Pension pots around the world during COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... lobby. Australia is not the only country to allow early access to retirement savings during COVID-19 - the United States and India have made similar allowances. The US is allowing people to withdraw from their retirement plans such as 401(k) plans, 403(b) ...

Academics protest UniSuper investments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... against industry fund HESTA, in an attempt to urge the fund to divest from fossil fuels. HESTA's investments include Coal India, Whitehaven Coal and South32.

CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
A US congressman has called for the chief investment officer of America's largest pension fund to be fired. In a series of tweets and interviews, Indiana Congressman Jim Banks has urged for the sacking of CalPERS chief investment officer Yu Ben Meng ...

Pendal cuts fees on equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... managed by Pendal's subsidiary J O Hambro Capital Management and invests in EM stocks. Its biggest allocations were to China, India and South Korea, while the biggest stock positions were in Samsung Electronics (9.2% of the portfolio), Tencent (5.5%) ...