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Future Fund not buying the oil dip

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Oil prices crashed to record low last week but Australia's $162 billion sovereign wealth fund says it has no plans to buy the dip. Last Monday, immediate contracts for WTI crude fell into the negative territory. The drop prompted the US government to ...

No golden ticket for super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
March provided evidence that superannuation funds won't be able to guild returns through investments in gold, according to Parametric. Parametric managing director of research Raewyn Williams said investments in gold failed to provide a safe haven from ...

Future Fund falls 3.4% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... the markets. So it was defensive overlay positions -- currency, rates, options -- that added a lot of value and the hedge fund program was broadly flat. It's designed to be a market neutral strategy. There were a few defensive funds in there for ...

Melbourne hedge fund quietly folds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... office Larkfield Funds Management. It won a couple of awards, including the best emerging manager at the Australian Hedge Fund Awards. In February, James Koutsoukos of BRI Ferrier was appointed to liquidate the company. Qato has no secured debts and ...

Tail-risk hedging pays off for super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... members of the defined benefit plan." Internationally, tail-risk hedging has been making headlines after a tail-risk hedge fund advised by Nassim Taleb returned 3612% for March. Bloomberg reported that the Universa Investments fund returned 4144% year-to-date ...

Diversification pays off for some, but not all: bfinance

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
Diversification has emerged as many investors' saving grace during the COVID-19 sell-off, however more than a third are disappointed with their performance during the downturn. That's according to research coming out of global investment consultant ...

BlackRock appoints Asia Pacific ETF head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
BlackRock has hired from Citi to appoint a new head of iShares for Asia Pacific. Rimmo Jolly is currently Citi's regional head of ETF and index sales and business development for Asia Pacific and Japan. In his new role, Jolly will be tasked with growing ...

Coronavirus puts rocket under shorting ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... market inflows have translated into juicy inflows for three shorting ETFs, the BetaShares Australian Equities Bear Hedge Fund (ASX: BEAR), the BetaShares US Equities Strong Bear Hedge Fund - Currency Hedged (ASX: BBUS), and the BetaShares Australian ...

Investment manager criminally charged

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
The Australian arm of a global investment management company has been charged with breaching client money obligations. Societe Generale Securities Australia (SGSA) is facing criminal charges in Sydney on two counts of failing to pay client money into ...

Aussie ETF industry contracts

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... strongly during the month. "The top performer for the month was Palladium, followed by BetaShares' Strong Bear Hedge Fund Products, BBUS (U.S. Equities) and BBOZ (Australian Equities), both of which produced gains of more than 20% as equity markets ...