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Managed funds redemptions top US$62bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... year. "We believe that this will lead to greater regulatory and market scrutiny of how fund managers determine asset valuations and apply liquidity management measures," Fitch said. However, it highlighted that the US$62 billion of funds with suspended ...

Aberdeen Standard launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... peers. "This means there are often greater and more frequent discrepancies between their fundamentals and their market valuations, creating a rich environment for a fundamental, active stock picker like ASI to find promising businesses before the rest ...

A-REIT winners, losers of the 'new normal'

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... been an increase in demand from online retailing which has benefitted that subsector. "We've factored in a 5% fall in valuations mainly towards the smaller logistic centres which are more exposed to the SMEs." Similarly, she believes the greatest opportunities ...

Family office backs fixed income fintech

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... managers and banks for successfully executed trades but has plans to explore two other streams: providing pricing data and valuations. "A lot of incumbents are desktop-based with late 90s technology. Our users can execute via an internet browser, through ...

Sustainable dividend stocks offer yield opportunities: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... Investors. In its latest investment insight note, QS Investors, a Legg Mason affiliate, said it is critical to consider valuations and the underlying fundamentals of companies, particularly when searching for dividend income. "It is important to look ...

Outsourced trading set to boom

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... a full service, it can be modular or could be used in BCP or for business resilience." With declining stock market valuations and super funds internalising their investment management, asset managers will want to assess how they can make their businesses ...

IFM Investors ready to ramp up corporate lending

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... developers and private equity firms looking to finance buyouts as asset prices become cheaper. "We are going to see the valuations come down in commercial property in particular and that will open up some opportunities. Property development activity ...

Small caps soar amid accelerated revolution

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... may disappoint in the months ahead. "We think a number of these companies have run too hard and are now trading on valuations that were higher than what they were prior to COVID-19," he said. "Given its incredible run over the last month, we believe ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... some downside and higher volatility at some point." Similarly, JP Morgan global market strategist Kerry Craig believes valuations are looking elevated, even compared to before the COVID-19 crisis. "I think there's a lot of downside risk in the economic ...

Plan for the worst, hope for the best

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... remain cautious in the months ahead. "We've seen the liquidity being pumped into the system its sort of brought valuations, brought the whole market back up again," he said. "I'm still very conservative in terms of my positioning. What I've ...