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Best, worst investment ideas for 2021: ARK

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... example, US insurance giant MassMutual invested $100 million in Bitcoin in 2020. Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller and macro hedge fund investor Paul Tudor Jones also disclosed investments in Bitcoin last year. Fidelity Digital also announced ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... ultra-low interest rates sound less enticing than the return of capital even at zero interest rates. In the general scheme of macro things, nothing has changed. The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us. Sure, there's the UK and South African ...

Investa buys $800m property from Macquarie

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... focus our expansion efforts on the Asia Pacific region and high-quality assets, which are supported by strong long-term macro and demographic prospects." Investa's chief investment officer Peter Menegazzo said: "We are delighted to welcome Manulife as ...

Hedge fund switched traders with algorithm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... superannuation funds have awarded mandates to the alternatives manager in the past. BlueCrest's specialty is in fixed income macro-trading, reporting about US$59.8 billion of assets under management to the SEC in its 2016 filings. BlueCrest was an investment ...

Man GLG launches Asia strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... will have an active share of at least 70% with positions across all market caps. The strategy will consider the current macro environment along with potential future developments to understand how countries, industries and investment styles will perform. ...

New multifamily real estate fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
A new fund that will invest in $223 million worth of American multifamily assets is pitching to Australian investors. Domus's Multifamily Real Estate Fund (Domus IV) will invest in three assets in Nashville, Tennessee and Phoenix. It includes multifamily ...

Advice for all could add $630bn to economy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... advice would do wonders for Aussies' hip pockets and, consequently, the economy. CPA Australia and CoreData modelled the macro-economic impact of making professional advice - accounting, taxation, financial, superannuation, business, and mortgage broking ...

Funds management in ASIC spotlight

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... data to support healthy competition," Chester said. She added that with the inevitable uptick in insolvencies and extreme macro forces being experienced, investment managers will face greater liquidity challenges. "As underlying assets come under stress ...

COVID-19 to remain dominant in 2021

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... already feeling the ripples of the more interventionist actions from policymakers." Taking a different stance than in its macro projections, JPMAM said its forecasts for asset returns include more material changes. "Once again, we are downgrading many ...

Pinnacle boutique to shut fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
Systematic global macro manager Two Trees Investment Management is shutting its Australian unit trust, as assets dwindle and the strategy underperforms. The Two Trees Investment Management's Global Macro Fund will be terminated given its small size. ...