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New hybrids ETF on Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... the hybrid market offers opportunities for active investors as it is inherently inefficient. It is dominated by retail investors who have a limited understanding of bank and insurer capital issues, and who under and overreact to issuer specific risks ...

New fund launches on Chi-X

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... Value Equity Fund (TAVF) has launched on the Chi-X Australia stock exchange due to growing demand from Australian retail investors. TAVF aims to provide investors with income and capital returns from a diverse portfolio of listed equity assets. The investment ...

AFCA left toothless on Mayfair complaints

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... knowledge that might be expected of a sophisticated investor. "There's a problem with our law as it applies to retail investors and sophisticated investors," Brody said. "The law also doesn't prevent direct advertising to sophisticated investors. ...

Metrics launches NZ fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... growing opportunity in the corporate loan market," Lockhart said. Metrics plans to launch a similar fund for retail investors in New Zealand later in the year. In July 2020, Metrics launched the Metrics Direct Income Fund in Australia which acts as a ...

Prime Value hires from MLC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... investments." Prime Value chief executive Yak Yong Quek said Prime Value is growing its funds under management among retail investors. "Philip is an outstanding addition to our team and will be important in developing our connection with financial advisors ...

Investors on red alert despite vaccines

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... investors in the Asia region include negative interest rates, volatility, and deflation. The surge in the number of retail investors using apps like Robinhood that allow for low- or no-cost trading was evident during the pandemic. "With markets delivering ...

New corporate bond fund launches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... Artesian Capital has launched a new corporate-focussed, green and sustainable bond fund open to both wholesale and retail investors. Artesian said the fund was seeded by an Australian ethically minded super fund, which has been running since late September. ...

JPMAM unveils sustainable fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... in Australia following the success of its European strategy. JPMorgan Global Macro Sustainable Fund opened to retail investors on February 1 and comprises a portfolio of long and short positions in equity, fixed income, currency and volatility that capitalise ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Wall Street's down. Repeat, Wall Street's down! The CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - jumped by 9.5% in the last trading day of the first month of 2021 to 33.09 points, marking the highest since the renewed COVID-19 outbreak in Europe that subsequently ...

Fund manager charged with defrauding investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
A fund manager has been charged with misappropriating over US$7 million from retail investors who he had duped into believing he was an experienced and successful investment manager. The Securities and Exchange Commission in the US charged Eric Malley ...