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Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... markets have responded positively with the US and European markets finishing overnight's trading activity in the green and Asian markets have opened strongly led by a 2.80% gain the S&P/ASX 200 index (as at 10:31 am AEST). But as we've witnessed ...

Mirae appoints wholesale distribution lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... in Australia for about five years and currently manages about $300 million for Australian institutional investors in two Asian equities (ex Japan) strategies that are managed by a Hong Kong-based team: the Asia Sector Leaders Equity Fund and Asia Great ...

Chief economist update: Water, water everywhere and not a fish to catch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... these. Have money, can't travel... and nothing to buy! But just as the world overcame other crises in the past - GFC, Asian financial crisis, Japan's deflation in the early 1990s, the 1987 crash, stagflation in the 70s and, of course, the Great ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... markets. "While the strategy is performing as expected, it should be noted the 15% drawdown remains large in absolute terms." Asian focused strategies, such as Platinum Asia (-5.87%), Fidelity Asia (-7.73) and Pendal Asian Share (-7.87) have outperformed ...

Aussie ETF industry contracts

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... million in February. Fixed income products also performed well, with $306 million in inflows. In comparison, Australian and Asian equities ETFs were sold off, with investors chasing perceivably safer markets. This rush saw short-focused equity funds ...

Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... through." Taylor has seen quite a few crises in his time. "In my 23 years at Fidelity we've had eight different crises; the Asian crisis, the Russian crisis, tech boom and bust, subprime mortgage crisis, sovereign debt crisis, SARS, and I think all ...

Pension fund acquires Plenary Group business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... said. Divesting the business will free-up capital to support Plenary's opportunities in the fast growing Australian and Asian infrastructure markets, he added. "The immediate pipeline on the eastern seaboard of Australia is of an unprecedented scale," ...

Stopping SG is nuclear response to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... pausing super contributions in economically tough times has some merit - and some precedence. In 1998 in response to the Asian Financial Crisis the Singapore government did just that. "In Singapore, compulsory contributions into their Central Provident ...

Actuaries Institute appoints 2020 president

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... necessarily have, is the business context and the rigour with which we approach data analysis," Bui said. Bui is the first Asian-born and seventh female president of the Actuaries Institute. "We are seeing an improvement in the gender diversity of the ...

Westpac director heads for the exit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... Fung for her efforts. "Anita's executive management expertise, deep experience in all aspects of banking, and knowledge of Asian markets has been a great asset to the board," Maxsted said. "It is unfortunate that the demands on her time from other existing ...