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New global equities ETF to launch

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... higher respectively than the MSCI ACWI ex Australia in AUD. Its biggest sector weights are to IT, healthcare and consumer staples. The ETFs fees are set at 90 bps per year. K2 Asset Management will act as the responsible entity for the ETF managed fund. ...

The hits you don't see hurt the most: Aviva

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... class. The report pointed out that COVID-19 and governments' attempts to curb its spread have crippled several real assets staples - airports, office buildings and shopping centre. Aviva acknowledged in the report that large swathes of the real estate ...

Momentum, quality outperform in 2020: S&P

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... overweight exposures to metals and mining, utilities and consumer discretionary, and its underweight exposures to consumer staples and REITs, contributed positively to returns. Overall, momentum and quality factors outperformed their value peers during ...

Top equities managers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... year). The Greencape Broadcap Fund was also one of the top performers over the past 12 months, with exposures to consumer staples and materials (and a quality/growth bias). Value managers tended to underperform over the past 12 months, with fund's Allan ...

Growth outplays value: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... discretionary sectors each delivering double digit performance. In a flip of the previous quarter, healthcare, consumer staples and utilities provided a drag on performance for the period despite being among the best performers for the full 12 months. ...

Private equity weathers COVID-19 crisis: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... fundamentals," Zinurova said. "Our survey and research indicates that sectors like technology, healthcare and consumer staples offer attractive opportunities from the entry pricing perspective and strong tail winds driving those sectors." One factor ...

Investors turn to China-focused strategies

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... being powered by private companies in the sectors which make up the 'new economy' -namely healthcare, consumer staples, consumer discretionary and the technology sectors," he said. "The companies in the index generally have a much higher ROE ...

Chi-X releases viral TraCRs stocks

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... Chi-X TraCRs complements a growing list of US names that cover the technology sector, industrials, financials and consumer staples. As more Australians attempt to take advantage of market dislocation by opening trading accounts and entering the market ...

Dividend yield set to dial down to zero

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... they will be in a position to maintain or even enhance dividends. This includes the likes of Woolworths, Coles and other staples," he said. "But many other companies have experienced big losses and won't be able to pay a dividend without some sort of ...

Asset allocation in a post-pandemic world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... outbreak, investors have been increasing their exposure to more defensive sectors; mainly utilities, healthcare and consumer staples. "The reason for this is, a lot of these companies have strong, repeatable-free cash flows, solid balance sheets and ...