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COVID-19 deepens life insurer losses

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... statement. "This deterioration was caused by poor results in both the December and March quarters, driven by the poor performance of risk business...and a substantial collapse in investment revenue owing to the COVID-19 related volatility in investment ...

Fees drop at Raiz

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... fees have always been charged by the underlying ETF issuer and not Raiz, so were an indirect cost affecting the performance of investor's portfolios. A new product disclosure statement became available to investors earlier this week, which outlines underlying ...

Fund managers adapt to market pain

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... funds," it reads. REITs delivered strong returns as well, with nearly 60% beating their benchmarks in the best performance of all asset classes that SPIVA looked at. "Fixed income securities are safe-haven investment during equity market crisis and corrections ...

Australian ETF market shows strength

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... the wealth industry as investors look to add better diversification into their portfolios. "The transparency and performance of ETFs have been a boon during the recent share market sell-off," Brycki said. "During this period of extreme market volatility ...

State Street fund purges tobacco, weapons

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
State Street's international equities trust, which tracks MSCI World ex Australia, is set to exclude tobacco and controversial weapons. It will make the changes from July 1, for both the hedged and unhedged versions of the State Street International ...

AMP defends hefty remuneration bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... cut executive pay in order to make room for a dividend Murray again said that it was important for the long term performance of the company that it is able to attract quality talent. Murray also confirmed the board did not engage a remuneration consultant. ...

Super switching three times higher: CFS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... timely communications." Tully added that reacting to short-term market movements can have an impact on the long-term performance of your super. "It's crucial for members not to lose sight of their long-term goals and personal investment objectives and ...

MySuper bounces back

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... December 2008. Rainmaker said the strong April performance is influenced by gains in the ASX of 8.8%, and the positive performance of AREITS, which posted 13.7%. The new findings come after the researcher widened the scope of its analysis, with March ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... domestic active management as it was "just not delivering", Morningstar said. "Many investors believe the 2019 performance of the majority of active managers was simply indicative of a troubled industry-large-cap equity managers failing to consistently ...

ESG performing positively: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
ESG performance has been positive across global markets since the outbreak of COVID-19, according to MSCI. Although the current conditions have only existed for a few months, MSCI said it observed a positive performance contribution from ESG across ...