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Balanced options in the red, but only just

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... superannuation system recuperating much of their losses in lighting speed. "Rainmaker estimates its SelectingSuper MySuper index for FY 2019-20 will come in at -0.7%," he said. This is based on Rainmaker's full sample up to end of May 2020, supplemented ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
It seemed so long ago and far away now but it was only a year ago that the All Ordinaries index broke above its all-time high recorded in 2007 before climbing to a new peak in February this year. The mood was good: The US and China have reached a trade ...

Chief economist update: Equity market disconnect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... have, in less than three months, nearly recouped what they've lost in the first three months of the year. The MSCI index for developed equity markets is down only 2.8% this year to date, the emerging markets index, down just 6.1%... and get this ...

S&P kicks companies off ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... since it launched last year, with some surprising companies kicked out. Twitter and Walmart were dropped from the ESG index for failing to meet certain ESG standards while Facebook, which was removed last year due to several controversies, made a re-entry. ...

State Street fund purges tobacco, weapons

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... 0.15% pa to approximately 0.25% p.a." "We expect out-performance or underperformance of the MSCI World ex Australia Index for the unhedged fFund to reach or exceed 0.50% in some 12 month periods.

Trust in big four improves

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... play in extending forgiveness, lines of credit and supporting the country's small businesses. Greater Bank topped the index for the quarter for the first time, moving up four places since the December quarter. Bendigo Bank, which ranked first at the ...

All-tech index offers new opps in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... companies will take up more market share, benefitting investors who jump in early. The companies that make up the All Tech index for example returned 38.9% in the year to December. By contrast, the S&P/ASX 200 returned a lower 23.4% over the same period. ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... to overweight Eurozone equities. The forward view (back then) was also better with the Markit Eurozone composite PMI index for December 2017 surging to its highest reading since February 2011 According to IHS/Markit (at the time): "The upturn continued ...

Chief economist update: Good news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas has come early... and Thanksgiving too. Wall Street benchmark equity indices rallied at the close of trading last week: The S&P 500 added 1.0% to a new all-time high; the Nasdaq closed 1.1% up but not ...

Chief economist update: US recession on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... 50.4. Nine out of 10 of the ISM manufacturing sub-indexes remained at levels indicating contraction in September. The index for "supplier deliveries" was the only one that's expanding but that rate of expansion has also slowed to 51.1 from 51.4 in ...