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Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... market rally to join in for "fear of missing out" (FOMO). Certainly, recent reports of early positive results in vaccine research helped. So has the re-opening of commerce in America, underscored by the improvement in the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing ...

Mandates from superannuation funds slow

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... obsessed with the COVID crisis. Now is not the time to be swapping investment mandates," Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said about the drop. The Rainmaker Roundup report, which tracks mandates awarded by superannuation ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... two actions, De Ferrari offered his view of the class action system in Australia. He cited a report from the Menzies Research Centre, which claimed Australia is one of the most desirable jurisdictions in the world for litigation funders. Litigation funders ...

Chant West, Zenith agree on acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... entered a business sale agreement for a price of $12 million to acquire Chant West's superannuation consultancy and research business on February 18. However, it retracted its offer at March end, saying the business had been materially impacted since ...

AFA, FPA share bleak view of industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... advisers coming into the industry," Anderson said. AFA chief executive Phil Kewin added that recent Investment Trends research had found that fewer Australians are accessing financial advice, the logical end result of a smaller industry. The cost of ...

Schroders director jumps to Robeco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... Singapore office is an extension of its Rotterdam fixed income team and Shanghai office feeds on-ground China A-shares research to its investment teams across the globe, which together had EUR 146 billion in assets under management at March end.

SG does wonders for households: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
Australian households are $500 billion better off because of the compulsory superannuation system, according to new research. The latest report from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) estimates compulsory super has added $500 ...

No rating cut for VGI funds as Tynan leaves

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
Sydney boutique VGI Partners' funds have held on to their ratings from Zenith after partner and head of research Douglas Tynan resigned last week. Tynan resigned from his executive role but will stay on as a non-executive director, investor and ...

New multi-boutique launches in Sydney

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
A former head of research for Morphic Asset Management has launched a multi-boutique, aiming to partner with investment managers looking for distribution support. Mantis Funds, led by Timothy Cheung as chief executive, picked up Dalton Street Capital ...

Investors turn to China-focused strategies

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
New research reveals investors are increasingly using dedicated China equity strategies for alpha generation, with the market turmoil of 2020 showcasing the country's diversification characteristics. In the first quarter, the MSCI Emerging Markets ...