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New partner at Koda Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... appointment to Industry Moves, Financial Standard's sister publication. Christopher is a specialist in the equity markets and will focus on providing investment solutions for Australian family offices and charitable organisations. Koda has two other ...

Future Fund returns 14.3% for the year

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... at 9.9%. The fund also said that it acquired a "material interest" in Canberra Data Centres at the end of 2019. "Equity markets performed strongly in the last quarter, supported by easy monetary policy. It is important to assess which asset values are ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus has gone viral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
It's gone viral! The coronavirus that is, and it is sending shivers in equity markets around the world, from New York to Rio and ol' London town. The financial markets' fear is palpable. The VIX index - the "fear gauge" - jumped to reading ...

Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... index has surged by 38.3% from this low point. Perhaps, 'twas because the GFC has already done its damage to equity markets back in 2008/09, still the outbreak of the swine flu in April 2009 prompted horror headlines. For reference, the S&P 500 finished ...

Aussie share funds boast stellar 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... Australian equity market finished the year with a more moderate fourth quarter, particularly relative to global equity markets," he said. "Nevertheless, the S&P/ASX 300 Index had its strongest year since 2009, driven by widespread policy easing from ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... pressure on the already sluggish one to two percent economic growth range in most developed economies. "Global equity markets have performed well YTD, the direct result of a perception in markets that the aforementioned geopolitical risks have abated ...

Most traded stocks, ETFs of 2019 revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... by international tech stocks. Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and Alibaba made up the top five. Smith said US equity markets continue to present attractive opportunities to Australian investors despite strong interest in ASX listed stocks. "What's ...

Chief economist update: Stock rally heralds 2020 cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... reversal in economic growth. They start ascending before the economy starts to expand. If so, the rally in most equity markets around the world we've witnessed this year offers good tidings to you and your friends in the year 2020. Growth in most ...

ESG scores may be inflated: Eaton Vance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... inconclusive results. In the new joint research titled Financial quality metrics and ESG factor interactions in equity markets, co-authors and ESG quantitative research analysts Alexander Deleon and Yijia Chen, explored the relationship between quality ...

Chief economist update: Bah humbug

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... Virginia, it looked like that over the past few weeks and into the first days of the Christmas month. The rally in equity markets made it appear that Santa Claus has already come to town - aided by underlying optimism over a US-China "phase one" deal ...