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Hedge funds rally in April, but YTD still bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... beginning of the year, aggregate industry returns stood at -7.49%, eVestment said. According to eVestment global head of research Peter Laurelli, the gains in April were generally the greatest among strategies that had the lowest average returns for ...

Advisers split on COVID-19 opportunity

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
New research shows financial advisers are split down the middle when it comes to deciding whether COVID-19 is an opportunity to pick up new business, or a time to focus on existing clients. Latest MLC Wealth analysis found that the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Fundamentals return to the forefront in EM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
Eaton Vance has released a new research report finding fundamentals are returning to the forefront in emerging market debt. The research found volatility related to the COVID-19 outbreak and dramatic oil price decline in Q1 2020 precipitated a large ...

Active share, past outperformance can predict returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... portfolio's holdings and its benchmarks' holdings. Since then the concept has found wide use in financial journalism as well as research house reports. However, while some researchers have found active share as a valuable predictor of unlisted funds' ...

Global asset manager launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... high-conviction approach to high yield bonds provides a more growth-oriented play within portfolios, benefiting from fundamental research and risk analysis as well as technical tailwinds, such as supportive liquidity policies of central banks and a migration ...

Trust in big four improves

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... of China lagging behind it. NAB, CBA and ANZ ranked 22 nd, 23 rd and 24 th respectively. The developer of the index, research platform Glow, said COVID-19 had presented banks with an opportunity to repair reputational damage. "The Big 4 have been through ...

ISA, ME Bank issued please explain

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... limited notice to customers. Also up for discussion will be ISA's calculations on early release of super. ISA published research claiming that an early withdrawal of $20,000 by a 30-year-old could mean missing out on $97,214 in retirement. Meanwhile ...

Australian Unity hires from QIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... the healthcare sector. Prior to that, he spent eight years at Citigroup where he led the Australian healthcare equities research team. Windeyer also has experience within the sector he covers, having held a research and development role at Cochlear and ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... to be selective; you need to be able to pick the winners and avoid the losers." Similarly, Bennelong Funds Management research relationships director Stuart Fechner said it's paramount that investors assess how sustainable a company's earnings are, not ...

Volatility continues to drive investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... the continued market volatility we strongly encourage people thinking about share investing to make sure they gather research from a variety of sources and diversify their investments," Burns said. "This is particularly important for the months ahead ...