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How early release impacts the ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... data, fundamental development and sentiment into consideration," he said. Super funds typically have a 20-30% exposure to Aussie equities, Liu said, however their allocation to equities in total (inclusive of global equities) would likely sit at 50-60%. ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... volatility that COVID-19 has endowed on markets has opened up opportunities not seen in decades, according to a $9.5 billion Aussie investment manager. However, in order to take advantage of these opportunities investors must be selective within both ...

New buyers for Sargon businesses confirmed

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... Sargon's Diversa, CCSL and Tidswell businesses will be owned by New York-based buyers, who are committing to retaining Aussie jobs and have hired a Westpac and BT veteran for the board. New Yorker Teddy Wasserman of CloverHill Capital and Australian-origin ...

HESTA announces three GM appointments

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... allocation, investment operations and market risk management and modelling). His hire comes as HESTA set a goal of internalising Aussie equities by 2021 and to be underway in cash and fixed interest in 2022, announced by the fund in March. Cameron reports ...

Aussie banks battered by pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
Australia's banks have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with cash earnings down more than 40% compared to the same time last year. According to EY analysis of Australia's big four banks' half year results, combined cash earnings were ...

Sargon buyers tap former PEXA chief as adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... custodian and trustee services provider or a more networked business. The introduction between the New York financier and the Aussie strategic consultant is understood to have come via Sargon's director and former Labor senator Stephen Conroy. Conroy ...

Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... S&P/ASX 200 has only risen around 20%, with the pandemic's impact on our big four banks pulling the index back. While Aussie investors have not reaped similar benefits to the rebounds seen abroad, analysts still believe there are plenty of opportunities ...

COVID-19 drives Aussies to check exemptions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
In one of the most tragic of COVID-19 consequences, the pandemic is driving Australians to ask their life insurers whether their policies cover them for suicide, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economic has heard. Appearing before ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
Aussie passive and active equity strategies have been put to the test, with Morningstar assessing how the country's small and large-cap managers have fared during the highs of 2019 and the lows of 2020. The coronavirus crash has renewed debate on ...

Aussie funds bleed $4bn in March

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
Investors redeemed over $3.8 billion from local managed funds in April, in the largest monthly net outflows on record, according to Calastone. So far, November 2018 has been the only month with material net outflows in Australia as investors responded ...