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Multi-asset strategies key in COVID-19 crisis: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... defensive stance - we're at about half of our usual exposure for equities, as defined by our NAA," Somaia said. "Maybe equity markets will look through the short term - but in reality we think we're going to see negative results by large number of corporates ...

HUB24 net inflows up 72%

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... since the beginning of the year, however, it said that FUA on the platform is not fully correlated to movements in equity markets. "FUA movements affect our revenue and the market movement impact experienced to date is expected to negatively impact administration ...

Ethical fund manager wears $520m hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... impact of COVID-19 on investment markets. Australian Ethical said most of the hit was due to the fall in global equity markets. According to Rainmaker, around 21% of the $3.87 billion Australian Ethical managed as at December 2019 was invested in international ...

Tail-risk hedging pays off for super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... strategies break down. Tail-risk hedging is often described as a type of insurance as it promises to deliver when equity markets don't. PIMCO describes tail-risk hedging as giving a little bit of return each year to purchase protection against a market ...

Chief economist update: How deep the global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... three rate reductions and expectations of a pause in proceedings, among others, along with the rise and rise in the equity markets made it so. Among the risk factors the IMF identified three short months before were: "rising geo-political tensions between ...

Trading volumes surge in ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
Trading volumes in ETFs grew exponentially in March, as funds under management declined in line with falling equity markets, according to BetaShares' March ETF review. According to the report, trading volumes were up more than 150% month on month. The ...

Trading platforms see record use

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic saw Australia's equity markets become a hive of activity throughout March, as self-directed investors moved to protect their portfolios from the crisis' economic fallout. Investment platform Self Wealth released its quarterly ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
If financial markets are going to time the beginning of the end - that is, when equity markets started their slippery slide into where we are now, it'll be 9 March 2020. That was the day the music died. Sure, equity markets were already sliding ...

Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... sector, Potter argued it was important to analyse these companies from a bottom up perspective. "With the sell-off in equity markets, diversified financials have rightfully been sold off, as many of their business models are leveraged to funds under ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 eating into jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
Wall Street and most other equity markets welcomed reports that the White House and the US Senate have finally reached a deal to unleash a stimulus package worth around US$2 trillion. "Highlights include: $250B in direct payments to Americans; $367B ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN
Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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