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Presidents don't move markets much: S&P

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... market crashes in 1932, 1940, 2000 and 2008 did coincide with election years. "It is important to recognise that the performance of the S&P 500 during election years has typically been similar to its performance during other years," S&P Dow Jones Indices ...

Spaceship raises $10m in capital raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... platform," Spaceship chief executive Andrew Moore said. "The company's progress has been underpinned by strong investment performance in both our superannuation and investment products."

Cromwell fights ARA takeover

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... to incorrectly and selectively present information to convey that there are 'issues' with Cromwell's governance and performance when nothing could be further from the truth," Cromwell said. The company is asking shareholders to ignore all documents and ...

Perpetual profits plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... before tax of $55.4 million, down 31% compared to the previous financial year. Adams pointed to net outflows, lower performance fees, and market volatility for the decline. "Notwithstanding the challenging external environment, our active investment ...

WAM makes proposition plans public

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... NTA return of -5.99% and a total return of -0.27%. "Our proposal is to reposition CIE following a history of poor performance for shareholders," Wilson said. "The current boards proposal to appointment an unproven manager of LICs is flawed and on unfavourable ...

S&P 500 rebounds from COVID-losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... different sectors. Energy (-1.71), financials (-0.67%) and industrials (-0.54%) led the losses, with Yang saying the performance of the sectors showed a mixed, even bearish, pattern. "Technically, the index is riding an ascending trend, with its 20- ...

ANZ posts profit, announces dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... an unaudited cash profit from continuing operations of $1.5 billion, with chief executive Shayne Elliott saying its performance in the current climate demonstrates ANZ's strong position. "Our performance during these difficult times demonstrates the ...

New chair at Platinum Asset Management

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... [chief executive], Andrew Clifford and Platinum's wider team," the company said in ASX filings. "The trouble with high performance investing is that it requires total immersion; it is all consuming of one's time," Neilson said. "Working from home has ...

Sunsuper announces investment, insurance changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... international shares. Previously the fund's balanced index option was aiming to closely match the return of the performance benchmark, while its new objective is to beat inflation over 10 years by 3.25% for their Super-savings account and Transition ...

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... (the tech boom and bust), and at the end of 2017 until October 2018 - after which Wall Street posted its worst yearly performance since the Global Financial Crisis. And while the CAPE ratio is not 'the be all and end all', it does show how earnings ...