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Local fundie to manage US funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... LLC (SQ) announced in July and Auctus will earn revenue as part of the agreement on the existing portfolio. "The performance of both trusts have been strong, generating an average yield of approximately 6% p.a. with growth in net operating income since ...

Super fund boss remuneration on the agenda

KARREN VERGARA, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... component. And there is no doubt that those variable elements will certainly be impacted as a consequence of the performance of the fund, particularly the area of over investment returns," he said. Wilson pressed if the remuneration committee will consider ...

MySuper products show resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... COVID-19 pandemic hit, recovering 70% of losses, new Rainmaker analysis shows. Last month generated a positive performance of about 1.7% for superannuation fund members invested in the default option, according to the research firm's MySuper single ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... to Morningstar's revised analyst ratings methodology, which it says, more explicitly accounts for historical performance of funds against their category index, as well as individual fund-level fees. "We take a medium- to long-term outlook when determining ...

Future Fund posts negative year, cashes up

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... was down from between -0.5% for infrastructure and timberland to -3% to private equity. The fund does not report performance of individual asset classes. Acting chief investment officer Sue Brake said the "defensive levers" performed as the fund expected ...

NPS buffers COVID-19 shocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... to positive territory at the end of June as a result of its diversification and risk management strategies. The performance of its alternative investments was mostly driven by interest and dividend income, as well as foreign currency translation gains ...

Argo Infrastructure posts $9.3m loss, but increases dividends

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... than 23% in the March quarter, the portfolio fell by just 6.5%, assisted by a drop in the Australian dollar. The performance of infrastructure assets varied considerably, Argo said, with some sectors harder hit by social distancing measures than others. ...

Suncorp wealth business down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... greater efficiencies within the organisation." On 1 July 2020, Suncorp announced a new operating model to improve the performance of the core insurance and banking businesses. The new model aims to reduce duplication, embed more efficient ways of working ...

Presidents don't move markets much: S&P

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... market crashes in 1932, 1940, 2000 and 2008 did coincide with election years. "It is important to recognise that the performance of the S&P 500 during election years has typically been similar to its performance during other years," S&P Dow Jones Indices ...

S&P 500 rebounds from COVID-losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... different sectors. Energy (-1.71), financials (-0.67%) and industrials (-0.54%) led the losses, with Yang saying the performance of the sectors showed a mixed, even bearish, pattern. "Technically, the index is riding an ascending trend, with its 20- ...