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Colonial First State closes global fund

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
Colonial First State has terminated a $19.5 million diversified fund, after it returned -11.7% in the first three months of the year. The Acadian Diversified Alpha fund will no longer be available to investors, with switches and redemptions from the ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... monthly fall on record. Meanwhile, forced factory shutdowns, disruptions to their supply chains and reduced demand sent industrial production plummeting by 5.4% in the month of March - the steepest monthly decline since January 1946. Still, there's ...

Adequacy argument headlines online CMSF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... you should have both," she said. "We can change a lot of macroeconomic policy settings and a lot of settings around industrial relations to enable workers to get higher wages now. "And at the same time, we can enable them to save more for an adequate ...

The domino effect: Oil falls, markets follow

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... benefit from low oil prices will also be under threat, he said. "While sectors such as airlines, logistics and selected industrial (such as chemicals) traditionally benefit from low energy prices, they also face bigger challenges on the demand side of ...

The great fall of China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... activity indicators: Fixed asset investment dropped by 16.1% in the year to March after plummeting by 24.5 in February; industrial production's 13.5% dive in Feb was followed by a 1.1% decline in March; and, retail sales slumped by 20.5% and 15.8% (year-on-year) ...

Chief economist update: Surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... is taking no chances. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is now reportedly considering pro-business strategies - tax and industrial relations reform, infrastructure spending, deregulation.

Global markets bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... expectations, engulfed global markets, as coronavirus cases surpass the two million mark and deaths reach nearly 137,000. US industrial output fell to levels not seen in 70 years in March, while retail sales fell by 8.7%. The New York Federal Reserve's ...

AMP Capital wholesale property fund rejigs withdrawals

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... previously expected $200 million to $400 million of acquisitions in 2020), has deferred the planned construction of an industrial asset and has trimmed AREITs to 4.7% of gross assets from 9% previously. Asset valuations will move from quarterly to monthly ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... overnight, rising 2.7% in the first hour of trade. Despite cases of COVID-19 in the US lifting to 161,807, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 3.2% overnight, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq lifted 3.4% and 3.6% respectively. Europe also had a strong ...

Hume calls for diversity in super fund mergers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... which essentially double down on the same set of risks are wise. "Are such mergers - motivated more by super's industrial relations legacy than by modern-day concepts of prudent risk management - to the benefit of their members?" The Assistant Minister ...