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Volatility an opportunity for skilled active managers: GSFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... industries. All these dynamics unfold against a backdrop of elevated geopolitical risk, characterised by an impending US election and forthcoming elections in over 50 countries, encompassing nearly half of the world's population, in addition to the ...

Interest rate hikes are working: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... by its nature is inflationary," he said. Another geopolitical risk that could aggravate inflation is the upcoming US election. "We're seeing more and more populist governments getting elected. The nature of these things is [that more populist governments ...

Former Courtenay House director pleads guilty

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... several "investment specials" to encourage trading. ASIC explained in December 2016 he invited clients to invest in a US Election Special Trade which offered a 15% return with 20% risk. Investors received weekly emails advising profit has been made ...

Market rotation signals win for value: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... drove this, such as the news of a successful COVID-19 vaccine and its speedy rollout in many countries, as well as the US election result, both of which helped push long bond yields higher." Maple-Brown said that although price-earnings ratios of the ...

Pendal profits tumble 25%

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
Pendal reported $116.4 million or 25% lower net profit after tax in the year ending September, even as inflows started to pick up in the last three months. The figure includes its seed investments' movements which were marked-to-market. If it weren't ...

Cash no longer king

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... inflows. Vanguard head of capital markets for Asia-Pacific Minh Tieu said despite uncertainty with events like the US election, cash is seeing fewer inflows compared to international equities. "It's possible that many Australian investors are seeing ...

Fiscal policy spurs investor confidence: Citi

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... portfolios positioned for a democratic sweep and 32% of investors thought US-China relations will deteriorate following the US election with more protectionist policy was put in place, though 42% think it would remain stable. But more than half the delegates ...

Chief economist update: Zero beyond 2023

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
The US Federal Reserve's new monetary policy framework - lower interest rates for longer or average inflation targeting - (virtually) announced at the August 27 Jackson Hole Symposium is now live. The Fed kept policy settings unchanged at its 15-16 ...

Presidents don't move markets much: S&P

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
With the US election fast approaching, S&P took a look at how elections typically influence the S&P 500. And, it turns out presidents might not be as influential as Donald Trump would like to think. Looking at data from 1928 to 2016, the S&P 500 rose ...

Is the worst yet to come?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... happen and I don't think we should underestimate the risk of that sort of spiralling particularly with it being a US election year." The biggest concern for investors is around the incredible amount of money that has been pumped into the Australian ...