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Balanced options in the red, but only just

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... in at -0.7%," he said. This is based on Rainmaker's full sample up to end of May 2020, supplemented with June 2020 returns for a curated sample of 20 not-for-profit MySuper products with funds with daily unit prices. This is the fourth lowest return ...

AMP closes ethical option to super members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... listed markets," the update said. The funds' investments in growth assets were "significantly impacted by the pandemic" and returns from fixed income were neutral to negative. "The virus all but erased the returns generated in 2019," the update said. ...

New private debt fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... market is an attractive opportunity that should be considered by investors, seeking to provide superior risk-adjusted returns compared to asset classes such as bonds," Metrics Credit Partners managing partner Andrew Lockhart said. "Like all fixed income ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... by 30.6%; and the Russell 2000 by 25.0%. Those who turned greedy when everybody were fearful were rewarded with greater returns with the S&P 500 soaring by 38.6% from this year's low; the DJIA by 38.8%; the Nasdaq by 46.6%; and, the Russell 2000 ...

Industry fund eyes KiwiSaver accounts

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... light yellow. "We have got the [APRA heat map] results yesterday. We've moved down the curve, maintained investment returns and for a [smaller fund], we are punching above our weight," he said in an interview yesterday.

Schroders readies private assets offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... with the rest split across external managers who specialise in certain geographies or industries. Schroders is targeting returns of 10% to 12% IRR, and says equivalent Adveq funds have typically returned 12-14%. There is no income component, with any ...

SG Hiscock, Morgan Stanley launch global equity funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... Global Quality fund aims to invest in high quality companies that have the ability to consistently compound shareholder returns over time, and the Global Sustain fund aims to emphasise the low carbon footprint, and excludes tobacco, gaming, adult entertainment ...

Favour turns to active management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... growth - but in Australia that figure is only 34.7%. Fewer (47%, and just 39.3% for Australia) are counting on market returns as a primary growth driver. Globally 47% of respondents are counting on market returns to make up the growth. In Australia ...

Chief economist update: The post-pandemic problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... would ease from 1.4% in 2019 to between 1.1% (OECD) to 0.3% (IMF) in 2020. For moi, deflation is the greater risk as life returns to normal post-COVID-19. Lingering anxiety over catching the disease, as well as concerns that the government would have ...

ATO crashes amid tax return, ERS rush

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... Australian Taxation Office's website crashed on the first day of the new financial year as Australians rushed to lodge tax returns and apply for the new round of ERS. The ATO said it was aware that a number of Australians trying to access its website ...