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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 ...

Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... stabilised, reflecting the partial easing of trade tensions and the significant loosening of monetary policy by many central banks over the past year," he said. "Global business confidence and other manufacturing indicators have generally picked up. ...

Credit value exists in emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... manager said it expects to see external sovereign bond issuance increase in EM during 2020. "We've already seen EM central banks move to reduce benchmark interest rates and boost liquidity, and most EM countries are planning large relief programs to ...

Listed infrastructure mispriced: FSI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... multiples despite interest rates being low to negative around the world. "I do get worried about governments and central banks printing money, but I sleep well at night knowing they can't just make more real assets like our Zurich's airport, FL electric ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... currently a fine-balancing act between bulls and bears, with the bulls pointing to the unprecedented actions taken by central banks and governments to stimulate their respective economies, and the bears who think there is a lot more bad news to come." ...

The catalysts for a rebound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... down in core bond yields around the world, and the aggressive actions taken across the board by the Fed and other central banks, we see a clear scenario emerging on the back end of this.

Opportunities in fixed interest during crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... Sivapalan said the support for markets could see a permanent loss of capital for corporates. "Our thesis is that central banks will come through with strong support for markets through this crisis and we're getting ahead of that," he said. "Equally ...

The shape of recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... traditional economic playbook has been thrown out the window. "Quantitative easing (QE) was an unfinished experiment as central banks never really unwound it," Jennings said. "Now we have gone QE to infinity and beyond we really are in a galaxy far ...

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Super funds race to implement digital advice

VINNY VUCAGO
Australian superannuation funds are increasingly turning to digital advice tools to bridge the longstanding gap between members needs and access to affordable financial guidance, according to executives at wealth technology Bravura Solutions.

Musk's $106bn fundamental-defying IPO lands on Nasdaq

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
SpaceX has raised US$75 billion ($106.8bn) in the biggest-ever stock market debut, valuing Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company at US$1.77 trillion.

Quinbrook appoints Australian lead

VINNY VUCAGO
Energy transition infrastructure investor Quinbrook has appointed Tim Horneman as region leader for Australia, formalising his responsibility for the firm's local investment activities and business operations.

Former ASFA COO joins housing fund manager

MATTHEW WAI
The former chief operating officer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has joined C1 Capital Group as chief investment and operating officer.

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