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Pandemic puts pressure on ETF spreads

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
The spreads on many exchange-traded products were wider than usual amid the COVID-19 market crash, with price discovery becoming increasingly more difficult. That's according to ETF Securities co-head of sales Kanish Chugh, who pointed to global equity ...

ESG performing positively: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... underperformance of the ESG Universal and SRI indexes was due to unintended country and currency exposures, especially for the MSCI EM SRI Index. "While the MSCI SRI Index methodology is constructed to mitigate active sector and active regional exposures ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
Emerging markets, which in recent times had made somewhat of a comeback, are now cowering in the shadow of the rapidly spreading coronavirus. As the world falls into a recession, COVID-19 will have a disproportionate impact on emerging markets, with ...

Pendal cuts fees on equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
Pendal has dropped the fees on a $334 million global emerging markets equities fund by 22bps. The Pendal Global Emerging Markets Opportunity Fund lowered its issuer fees from 1.40% per year to 1.18% per year, effective last Thursday. The fund is managed ...

Chief economist update: Stock rally heralds 2020 cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
The stock market is considered a forward-looking mechanism. That is, stock prices peak ahead of a reversal in economic growth. They start ascending before the economy starts to expand. If so, the rally in most equity markets around the world we've ...

Chief economist update: Equity market rally has legs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Equity markets everywhere may not be climbing in a straight line, but they are climbing. This is happening against a backdrop of continued global economic and financial uncertainties. In its 'World Economic Outlook, April 2019' report - where ...

Channel Capital signs on new partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
A $23 billion international boutique has partnered with Channel Capital as it eyes the Australian adviser market after raising $2 billion from instos here. RWC Partners has launched an Australian-domiciled unit trust for their CC RWC Global Emerging ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
The "Year of the Pig" is turning out to be what it signifies - prosperity, good fortune and success. This is no truer than from the land the 12 animal signs of the lunar calendar zodiac originated - China. This is against consensus expectations that ...

Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
More fund managers are increasing their exposures to Chinese equities thanks to major indices that began offering China A-Shares last year. This is according Zenith's analysis of emerging market fund managers it rated, which increased their average ...

Inside Bennelong and its UK engine room

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... time for emerging markets. However, Thomas explains Pembroke's long-short strategy is more than 1% at a time when the MSCI EM Index is down about 16%. He is "very confident in the medium to long-term prospects for the boutique." "Our experience in Australia ...