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Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... were inconceivable just a few months ago. They speak to the immense challenge faced by our society to contain the virus." True, true. Then again, the earlier than predicted flattening of Australia's coronavirus infection curve (to date) could see ...

Best, worst performing Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... Companies fund, while BetaShares Managed Risk Australian Share ETF (AUST) and AB Managed Volatility Equities continued to deliver true-to-label downside protection. "Despite the portfolio trading at a materially higher P/E multiple than the broader market ...

Market pain to continue: State Street

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... telling is the dispersion in analyst estimates which in themselves tell how ? difficult it is at the moment to estimate the true impact of this pandemic," Choudhury said. "With continued uncertainty in so many areas, investors should continue to remain ...

BlackRock, BNP Paribas form strategic alliance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... ability to provide full connectivity to our clients, regardless of their choice of front office architecture, and delivers a true front-to-back solution." Global head of BlackRock's Aladdin business, Sudhir Nair, said the investment manager is "thrilled" ...

Australia versus the world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... released and that the IMF itself agreed that the government's package will help a great deal," he said. "That might all be true but, in my view, doesn't make the IMF forecasts at all pessimistic." Miller said the reason the downturn may hit Australia ...

Financial services exec embroiled in bribery scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... deliberate measures so his employee would not detect the bribery scheme, and even misled his employer's compliance team about the true role of the Ghana-based intermediary company. SEC Enforcement Division's FCPA Unit chief Charles Cain said Berko acted ...

Global markets bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... Fargo all recording share price losses overnight (5.64%, 6.49%, 4.93% and 5.77% respectively). As earnings season reveals the true damage of COVID-19, Goldman Sachs disclosed its profits had plunged 46% in the last quarter. "Our quarterly profitability ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... to Teh. "Not [changing] much, because I do run a high-income fund. Dividends will fall for most stocks we own and that is true across every other fund as well. We can still sustain the 7% income range, it is the option income that will do the heavy lifting ...

Will COVID-19 kill the balanced option?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... an aspect of defensiveness, as we have seen over the last month, everything all of a sudden became correlated and the only true defensive was really cash," Geffin said. "The common theme in these disclosures is low cash and fixed income, and then allocating ...

Cashwerkz announces new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... in the industry and has a solid reputation for delivering high performance and putting customers first," Nantes said. "The true value of our marketplace solutions has significantly grown in the current environment, and Cashwerkz is well placed with Jon ...