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Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... "Australian investors have seen the domestic bourse among the hardest hit in Australian dollar terms, as the decline in our currency hasn't cushioned any of the blow," Morningstar said. "As would be expected, small caps have underperformed large ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... the first time since 2003". But this time is different. The equilibrium-setting mechanism offered by a free-floating currency is worth zilch when trading partners even ban handshakes. Australia couldn't even give its products for free. Free education ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... the levels of our competitor nations," he tweeted. "They now have as much as a two point advantage, with even bigger currency help. Also, stimulate! "The Federal Reserve must be a leader, not a very late follower, which it has been!" Trump nominated ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... are highly concentrated." Magellan has the lion's share of assets with its Global Equities ETF, Global Equities (Currency Hedged) and Infrastructure (Currency Hedged) products, with $2.4 billion out of a total $5.3 billion across the active ETF landscape. ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the trade deal and the AUD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
With a covid here, and a covid there, everywhere a covid, even old MacDonald (who had a farm) will get sick reading, hearing and listening to stories and warnings over escalating infection numbers... E-I-E-I-O. COVID-19 has captured the world's ...

Australia's fastest growing investment managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... managers that are growing fast. Among the 10 fastest growers in percentage terms, only one was mid size and that was a currency manager. All the others leading the growth race were small boutiques," Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin ...

Chief economist update: Steady as it was, steady it will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... offensive toward the Eurozone. The fact remains that the euro's depreciation versus the US dollar is giving the single currency region a leg up. The euro has weakened by 0.5% this year to date and by 4.7% from a year earlier - supporting both growth ...

VanEck launches first active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... expected to list on the ASX in February. The ETF will hold a portfolio of EM debt securities, denominated in their local currency as well as US dollars. It is targeting 5% per year in target yield and will make monthly distributions. VanEck has set the ...

Netwealth to tap growing HNW demand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... a range of services that aren't generally available in the industry, such as bonds, international trading with multi-currency trading, and IM funds," he added. Heine said it was important for Netwealth to be able to offer a specific product for wholesale ...

Former Wells Fargo chief banned for life

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... accounts scandal that has continued to rock the world's fourth largest bank since 2016. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has also charged five former Wells Fargo executives over their role in the bank's "systematic sales practice misconduct" ...