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GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... 3.6% in Switzerland, 3.5% in Germany and 2.8% in Taiwan. The biggest sectors were IT (about 36% of the portfolio), health care (24.3%) and communication services and consumer discretionary (both over 11%). "Over our 40 year history, GMO has learnt that ...

No bonus again for Platinum's Clifford

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... overshadowing some strong investment performance in other areas, most notably our Asia ex-Japan and International Health Care focused strategies," the annual report reads. "This underperformance in the flagship fund translated into net outflows and lower ...

Impact investing in healthcare: American Century

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... Australia, American Century Investments offers a fresh approach focused on innovation in the healthcare sector. The Health Care Impact Equity strategy enables institutional investors to invest in companies with the potential to generate returns while ...

VanEck to launch four new ETFs

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... subject to a 0.45% per annum management fee. The ETF will track the MarketGrader Developed Markets (ex-Australia) Health Care index, which aims to invest in stocks that deliver growth at a reasonable price to generate long-term shareholder value. VanEck ...

Several promoted at Yarra Capital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... firm's Broadcap Australian equities capability. Ryan is also responsible for research and analysis of real estate, health care and building materials securities within the Australian equities team. He has 14 years' industry experience and previously ...

Emerging market debt rebounds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... and manage their economies," he said. "Policymakers are trying to maximise economic output, while not overrunning health care systems. It's become a calibration process, with variations in levels of effectiveness by country." Godfrey said in terms of ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... occurred in leisure and hospitality, government, retail trade, professional and business services, other services, and health care." This is backed up by the improvement in both big and small business activity and optimism. The Institute for Supply Management ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... OZ Minerals and Independence Group), Consumer Staples (like Woolworths), Consumer Discretionary (such as JB Hi-Fi), Health Care (like CSL and ResMed), Telecommunication Services (such as Telstra), Commercial & Professional Services (like Brambles) and ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... policy room for its central bank) while EM equities are neutral (cheaper valuations but COVID-19 is testing public health care systems and cheaper oil may challenge some EM economies). Fixed income picks BlackRock Investment Institute's views on EM local ...

Healthcare outperforms as financials plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... attributed to its success," Orzano said. "However, other prominent companies in the sector such as Cochlear, Sonic Health Care, and ResMed have also experienced strong long-term total returns." He predicts this trend will continue to create alpha for ...