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USD exposure benefits investors: ETF Securities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... diversify an Australian portfolio. "The US dollar has traditionally been viewed as a safe-haven asset, with most global central banks keeping it as a reserve currency and many international transactions conducted in the US dollar," Walesby said. "The ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... looking through the short-term pain and dismal economic data to focus instead on support measures from governments and central banks to push equity markets higher, he said. "Our view is that weakness in economic data just means the economy is weak, and ...

Opportunities exist in high yield: Eaton Vance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... of a sharp contraction in global economic activity - unknown in its extent right now - and which governments and central banks, on their own, cannot halt," it said. "We believe investment opportunities do exist across European and US markets and that ...

Multi-boutique warns of fourth quarter reckoning

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... bankruptcies and subsequent economic strife. "Similarly, sustained liquidity provisions and asset purchases from central banks will be required to support the economy. She doesn't believe markets will re-test their lows, however, warns that the arguably ...

Australia facing largest ever GDP fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... our competitiveness." Meantime, deVere chief executive Nigel Green said investors should prepare for the world's central banks to continue cutting rates into the negative. "A new global era of negative interest rates would have been unimaginable even ...

Global asset manager launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... fundamental research and risk analysis as well as technical tailwinds, such as supportive liquidity policies of central banks and a migration of the investible universe well beyond the US," Hall said. Benchmarked against the ICE BoFA Global High Yield ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... grade corporate bonds are the least risky asset in the current environment for investors searching for yield. "With central banks targeting yield curves, government bonds have become less attractive," he said. "For example, you would get about 25bps ...

Long/Short fund returns 23.2% in April

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... the fund said the surge in performance came following enormous fiscal and monetary support from governments and central banks. "The fund performed strongly due to a recovery in many stocks that had been oversold in March, along with some significant ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... number of different client types and risk tolerances." Frontier Advisors principal consultant Andrew Kemp said with central banks buying up parts of the high yield bond market, investors have wanted to follow suit. "We've seen some investors looking ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... valuations have come down for the asset class. "We have upgraded credit to modestly overweight. Extraordinary measures by central banks - including purchases of corporate debt -provide a favorable backdrop. Developed market central bank actions should ...

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Renato Mota takes on new board position

ELIZA BAVIN
Renato Mota has joined the board of a $14 billion super fund along with another financial services stalwart.

Aegon AM gears up to take on local bond managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR
Aegon Asset Management is close to launching its first Australian fund, months after the US$446 billion manager unveiled plans to enter the tightly contested local bond market.

MLC slips global shares into neutral, hits gas on alternatives

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
MLC has pulled its global and emerging-market equity positions back to neutral, while continuing to deploy capital into alternatives.

North Americans bargain hunt Down Under: Report

KARREN VERGARA
North Americans' merger and acquisition (M&A) appetite for Australian companies will only intensify in 2027 as they chase undervalued assets, according to a new report.

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