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AMP Capital ups jail stake

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
AMP Capital has taken a majority stake in a New Zealand corrections centre, boosting the firm's social infrastructure holdings. The Auckland South Corrections Facility (ASCF) is now 70% owned by AMP Capital, after it acquired a further 30% of the facility ...

Opportunity for the brave: High yield credit

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... opportunities for investors in the high yield space at the moment, but that doesn't necessarily mean the average retail investor should be buying them," Mitchell said. "High yield securities are issued by less credit worthy companies and the structure ...

Superannuation startup launches raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
A superannuation startup is pushing ahead with a retail raise to be followed by an institutional one next month. GigSuper is aiming to raise $100,000 to $400,000 from retail investors, in a crowdfunded equity campaign launched yesterday. The fund is ...

ASIC issues stark warning to retail investors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... was clear in saying these numbers are not a sign of retail investors winning in the sharemarket. "The average retail investor was not proficient at predicting short-term market movements over the focus period," the regulator said. Rather, ASIC's work ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
Aussie passive and active equity strategies have been put to the test, with Morningstar assessing how the country's small and large-cap managers have fared during the highs of 2019 and the lows of 2020. The coronavirus crash has renewed debate on ...

Bitcoin bonanza amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
The investment world's underdog has seen a surge in interest since it hit rock bottom in March, outperforming the US market indices by a mile. Bitcoin, which started the year rising from US$7500 to US$10,5O0, fell just as badly as every other asset ...

Trading platforms see record use

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic saw Australia's equity markets become a hive of activity throughout March, as self-directed investors moved to protect their portfolios from the crisis' economic fallout. Investment platform Self Wealth released its quarterly ...

Not at the bottom, yet: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
Retail investors believe the market has further to fall before it hits the bottom, yet remain optimistic about the future. Latest Investment Trends research shows retail investors hold a positive view of the future, despite feeling that we haven't yet ...

Court confirms Storm Financial founders breached duties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
The Full Federal Court has confirmed the directors of Storm Financial Group breached their duties as directors, dismissing their appeal of ASIC's 2016 decision. The determination wraps up an appeal against the regulator's original decision by ...

Macquarie shares halve in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
Macquarie stock has plummeted amid the COVID-19 sell-off, with shares taking a further 12.9% dive on Thursday. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 sell-off (February 21), Macquarie shares have taken a 47.6% hit. At the time of writing, the financial ...