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Aberdeen Standard global equities funds downgraded

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
International equities funds offered by Aberdeen Standard Investments in the local market have been downgraded to neutral at Morningstar on the back of a style drift. In January ASI announced its head of equities Stephen Docherty would leave the firm ...

Not safe to launch: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
APRA will not issue a new superannuation licence any time within the next six months, with the prudential regulator keen to avoid the early failure of new super funds at the hands of COVID-19. APRA has suspended the issuance of new licences to budding ...

Low rates support some bond managers: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... period of increased volatility. "Aggressive central bank easing globally has been favourable for managers with a bias to neutral or longer duration positions," Morningstar said. "Meanwhile, instability in credit markets has also seen a flight to the ...

Prodigy folds, two boutiques to shut

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... Contango. Equus Point Capital was set up by Rob Stewart, formerly of CFSGAM and Challenger and Toby Masters. They ran a market neutral fund benchmarked to cash. It has returned -4.03% so far this financial year, to February end. Prodigy was an 80/20 ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... said. BP, on the other hand, doesn't meet Peers' criteria even though the company has announced it will be carbon neutral by 2050. "Best case, BP is investing in solar and wind to make to bit by bit replace the market share they are going to ...

Fund managers driven to alternatives: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... often opaque, pricing." In addition to the findings, Morningstar downgraded AMP Capital Multi-Asset A fund from bronze to neutral and Blackrock's Global Allocation Aus D fund from silver to bronze. Morningstar said AMP's fund demonstrated little discernable ...

Modest but meaningful growth on the horizon: Aviva

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... further margin expansion is possible given low discount rates, while a gentle recovery in earnings growth should also help. "Neutral allocations to fixed income - government and corporate - are justified by the tension between the growth recovery but ...

New Year, new APRA

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
Like many of us do nearing the end of the year, APRA has taken time for some self-reflection and assessment, identifying three areas it needs to work on next year. APRA has released its 2018/19 self-assessment report to review its key performance indicators ...

Rest climate risk case goes to trial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... allocation and strategy reviews, as well as in the selection and review of our investment managers." Rest does not offer carbon neutral or sustainable investment options to members in the way that some funds do. However, the fund is a member of the United ...

Chief economist update: As low as Lowe will go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... headline or trimmed mean - from the SoMP) from target (2.5%), GDP growth (2.75% in Q4 2020) from potential (3.0%) and the neutral cash rate (1.25%)......equals a nominal official cash rate of 0.525%. But if only the RBA's forecasts come true, they ...