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State Street fund purges tobacco, weapons

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... after excluding the above securities were 0.38% higher than the broader index on a one- year basis to April end. The performance differential holds even if the returns timeline is extended: ex tobacco and controversial weapons beats the broader MSCI ...

Performance analyst jobs hold steady in COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Performance analysts and more broadly, investment data professionals have been in strong demand throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Kaizen Recruitment. The role -- with responsibilities including calculating, attributing and benchmarking ...

ESG investing to remain strong through pandemic

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... sense". Wilson-Otto noted 40% of millennials in the US have chosen a job because of the employers' sustainability performance, as opposed to 17% of baby boomers, and added that COVID-19 had "put a spotlight" on corporate culture, behaviour, the treatment ...

Asset allocation in a post-pandemic world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... volatility, it's more important than ever to ensure proper diversification, but the decisions made now will affect performance once we return to the status quo. Within the allocation to growth and defensive assets, it's crucial to diversify - across ...

Behavioural tools to limit losses, fear

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... adequately diversify if they're overconfident, and overconfidence can also fuel overtrading, which we know undermines performance." There are several biases that drive overconfidence, including confirmation bias (searching for information that confirms ...

Regal Atlantic fund perks up in April

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... April's recovery in stocks, as S&P 500 Index returned rose 12.7% and MSCI World rose 10.8%. Contributors to the fund's performance included regenerative medicine company Mesoblast which rose 143% in April on back of initial data relating to a COVID-19 ...

HESTA awards investment data mandate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... capabilities, will support asset allocation decision-making, portfolio/fund sector analysis, portfolio risk management, performance attribution reporting, expense management, reconciliations, NAV oversight and board reporting," GoldenSource said. The ...

Hedge funds rally in April, but YTD still bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... funds were still in the red year to date, reflecting the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on market performance. Since the beginning of the year, aggregate industry returns stood at -7.49%, eVestment said. According to eVestment global ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... the current environment. "In an environment where economic growth has been weak and interest rates have been low, performance has tended to favour growth stocks over value stocks," he said. "Going forward we would expect the environment to remain similar. ...

Compliance crackdown, consultations on horizon: ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... exchange traded funds, just to try and bring those frameworks into some sort of alignment around portfolio transparency, performance reporting and internal market making," Lewis said. It is also looking to update guidance on spread requirements and extend ...