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Hedge fund with zero correlation to equities to launch

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
A new hedge fund designed to deliver returns in both rising and falling equity markets is set to launch, open only to wholesale and institutional investors. NN 2 Capital is managed by two industry veterans, Gary Norden and Nam Nguyen, and is designed ...

Westpac to review business units

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
Westpac has determined several of its business units lack sufficient scale, including superannuation and investments, and is set to launch a review aimed at simplifying the group. Announcing results today, Westpac said it is establishing a new specialist ...

Lloyds profits down 95%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
UK bank Lloyds reported a profit plunge of 95% compared to the first quarter of 2019 in its latest results. The significant dive in statutory profit was impacted by an impairment charge which occurred due to changes in Lloyds Banking Group's reporting ...

Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
With global markets rocking one way and the other in the last two months, it's not too far a stretch to imagine investors are feeling a little seasick, or at the least dumbfounded. Despite a recession knocking on the world's door, investors ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Junk bonds, despite the unfortunate name, aren't the trash of the investment world, although in the current uncertain environment they sure could be. These credit products are issued by governments and companies, and offer higher rates of return ...

Now is the time to step up: FEW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
At a time when most are concerned about making career moves, those on the path to leadership are being told now's the perfect time to put themselves out there. That's according to Financial Executive Women executive director Alex Tullio, saying there ...

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 ...

Is it really as bad as it seems?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Pandemic, crisis, unprecedented; these are some of the terms that have been filling up our newsfeeds, but is this really such a big deal? Everyone has heard the phrase 'don't let the solution be worse than the cause' and many people think this is worth ...

Investment approaches in change phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
The COVID-19 crisis may be the push superannuation funds needed as investment processes make the switch from strategic asset allocation (SAA) to a total portfolio approach (TPA). At the end of 2019, before the effects of the pandemic reached Australian ...

Adviser fears over ASIC relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
While backed by major industry associations and advocacy bodies, those that actually provide financial advice fear new temporary relief measures offered by ASIC may push Australians towards conflicted advice. On April 14 ASIC announced a raft of measures ...