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Pension fund suffers $235bn loss

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... "The decline in domestic and foreign equities led to a negative return for the fiscal year," Miyazono said. "Both equity markets performed strongly during 2019 even under pressure from the US-China trade negotiations. The global coronavirus pandemic ...

Investors turn to China-focused strategies

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... A-Shares funds or All-Shares strategies instead. "This re-evaluation is partly driven by the growth of China's equity markets, both in terms of index weightings and overall market capitalisation," bfinance said. "It is also encouraged by rising awareness ...

Rice Warner questions super return targets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... realised returns over much of the next decade," Rice Warner said. "For example, 10-year bonds now yield 1.1% and equity markets usually have dismal performance during recessions, so where will these high returns be made? "If the targets are now too high ...

Chief economist update: Equity market disconnect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... went that way" -- HBA Insurance Australian TV ad The TV ad might as well be describing the current state of play - equity markets heading up (my legs went that way), economic growth revised down (my head went that way). The gentle relaxation of social ...

Hedge funds record best month since GFC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... similar trend to the wider hedge fund market, equity strategies posted their best monthly return since the soaring equity markets of 2009, a year in which they produced an annual net return of +40.78%," Preqin said. Overall, CTAs remain the best performing ...

Stop guessing games: AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... 2020, and its managers say the key is to not get caught in guessing games. Over the same three-year period global equity markets returned 30.3%. On an annualised basis the Global Companies Fund has returned 24.2% per annum net of fees, versus the market's ...

Is the worst yet to come?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... the mortgage market, but there has been this step up into credit markets. "It's not a big step from there into equity markets and that I think is clearly distorting, indirectly and directly, the sort of the pricing and allocation of risk in economies." ...

Chief economist update: V could still become W

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... Economics PMI indices show a V-shaped rebound in private sector activity. However, be wary that continued gains in the equity markets could be reversed if the easing of lockdown rules and social isolation measures brings about a second wave of infection. ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... market's will retest their March lows. "The rally has been strong, but only in certain names and sectors across equity markets. As such, it hasn't had much breadth and we think there are downside risks," she said. "However, the bounce has been ...

Plan for the worst, hope for the best

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Wilson has encouraged investors to plan for the worst and hope for the best as central bank liquidity props up equity markets. However, he warns, "hope is not a strategy", and recommends investors accept that things have changed and quickly adapt to ...