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The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... markets. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index ended 2019 up 18.4% in 2019. So far in the COVID-19 sell-off the benchmark has fallen 30%. Yet, in its latest equities report, Morningstar found that the Asian and emerging market bourses had performed surprisingly ...

COVID-19 to hasten merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... superannuation for Australian's under financial stress amid the crisis. "These contributions to fee income will have fallen considerably, and several funds will now be in a position where they will need to cut services or increase member fees or ...

SMSFs expected to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... protected than the average not-for-profit and retail fund." "Some super funds' diversified default investment options have fallen 10-15% as a result of the current market conditions." SMSFs reached a peak of 33% of all superannuation funds under management ...

Macquarie shares halve in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... on costs." The big four have witnessed similar blows to Macquarie since the beginning of the COVID-19 sell-off. CBA has fallen 31.1% since February 21, however at the time of writing was trading up 4.15%. "CBA has been the real stand out with the remain ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... found solace in the Australian dollar's depreciation in times of trouble - the AFR reports: "The Australian dollar has fallen to its lowest level in 17-years overnight, dropping below US60c for the first time since 2003". But this time is different. ...

Volatility hits super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... active investment approach. "The latest results show that from the top of the market on February 20, balanced funds have fallen between 7% and 13%," Ross said. "Some Australian equities funds have fared better than others." Ross pointed out CFS' ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... was the biggest intraday percentage fall for the local benchmark since the Global Financial Crisis. The S&P/ASX 200 has fallen 19.6% from its February highs. A 20% drop marks a bear market. In the first 10 minutes of trade this morning, the S&P/ASX 200 ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... financial crisis, rental yields on commercial property were sitting at around 6.5%, and if you look today, rental yields have fallen to a lower level. "So you would say property looks more expensive today in the United States then it did before the GFC." ...

ANZ Australia risk chief exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... jumped dramatically from 60 in 2008 to 2810 in 2015. This was despite the number of advisers licensed by the groups having fallen significantly.

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... reduced the level of overvaluation in the US equity market. Factset data shows that the S&P 500's forward P/E ratio has fallen to 17.6 times earnings from a record high of 19.1 times and closer to its five-year average of 16.8 times. Wait there's ...