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Sovereign investors keen on gold, infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... equity allocations since 2013 both relative to fixed income and as an overall proportion of asset allocation: 26% (equities) versus 34% (fixed income). Adding on GFC lessons and the lack of withdrawal imperatives, they were well positioned going into ...

Super fund satisfaction mixed, SMSFs unhappy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... satisfied with their fund, Investment Trends said. Among those who did seek guidance 72% reported being happy with their fund, versus 65% of those who did not seek guidance. According to Roy Morgan, retail funds saw the biggest increase in ratings, recording ...

Investors turn to China-focused strategies

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... managers for strong alpha generation. "The average A-shares manager has delivered 5.3% per year over the last five years, versus -6.2% for the MSCI A-Shares index," it said. "Meanwhile, the average 'China Equity' manager has delivered +5.3% per ...

Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... June 2020' report shows the Eurozone economy contracting by more than the OECD group nations this year - minus 9.1% versus minus 7.5% (under a single-hit scenario) and minus 11.5% versus minus 9.3% (under a double-hit scenario). Similarly, the IMF's ...

Robo users double down during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... look to reinvest in due course, so the actual churn (lost) rate for March/April was probably more like 2-3%, an increase versus 'normal' but still well below what an 'alarmed' client base would do," he said. In March, Six Park saw users log in 22.8% ...

Chief economist update: US labour market turns V-shaped

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... trade but while government jobs continued to decline. Equally ebullient, the US unemployment rate dropped to 13.3% in May versus 14.7% in April and market expectations for a continued climb to 19.8%, despite the increase in the participation rate to ...

Stop guessing games: AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... 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 9.2% AMP Capital head of global equities Simon Steele said in light of COVID-19's impact on markets, he is certain ...

Chief economist update: Japan reopens for business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... financial market stability -- have reduced safe-haven buying in the yen. The Japanese currency has depreciated by 5.2% versus the US dollar to ¥107.65 from this year's high of ¥102.01 (the US dollar buys more yen). Still, Abe isn't taking any ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... markets - the Hang Seng index slumped by 5.6% on the day of the pronouncement and the Hong Kong dollar slipped by 1.5% versus the greenback. Not if the US can help it. According to Factset: "Tensions over Hong Kong escalated after US senators moved to ...

Active versus passive: The debate continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
In the pre-pandemic world, there was a lot of talk around passive investment but now that the markets have taken investors on a rollercoaster ride, are the active managers leaving or just biding their time? GQG Partners chief investment officer Rajiv ...