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US analysts fail to add value

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... found evidence that US analysts contribute to mispricing as their recommendations are systemically biased by favouring stocks that over-valued according to anomaly-based composite mispricing scores. The researchers concluded that inconsistent or anomalous ...

Aussie dividends lag on global stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... dividends suffered one of the biggest drops in the world as a result of the steep cuts made by banks, transport and leisure stocks. Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank and ANZ accounted for three fifths of Australia's $12.3 billion fall in ...

Spaceship launches new managed fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... million managed funds offering outside of the $350 million superannuation fund. Spaceship Earth Portfolio will invest in stocks that advance one or more UN Sustainable Development Goals agenda, and will negatively screen for tobacco, alcohol, weapons ...

Morningstar adds ESG to analysis

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into its analysis of funds, asset managers and individual stocks, calling out subpar approaches to ESG. As a part of Morningstar's ESG Commitment Level evaluation, research analysts will ...

Clime to wind up Australian value fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... investment director Ronni Chalmers, portfolio manager for small caps Jonathan Wilson and portfolio manager for ASX 100 stocks Vincent Cook. Returns were 5.7% since inception p.a. for the retail version. "Equity Trustees Limited (the responsible entity) ...

Pinnacle boutique to shut fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... was started by former members of GMO's systematic global macro team in 2017. It takes tactical positions in global stocks, fixed income, currency, commodity and volatility markets. Returns at September end were -12.79% for the year, -6.14% p.a. over ...

Pengana launches new Israel equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
Pengana Capital is partnering with an Israeli fund manager to launch a new tech-focused fund that invests in 30 stocks for local wholesale investors. The Pengana Alpha Israel Fund is managed by Alpha LTI, an equities boutique founded in 2005 that currently ...

Pengana shutters income-focused fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... Capital will wind up an income-focused Australian equities fund, as it underperforms and the income opportunities in ASX stocks shrink. The Pengana Australian Equities Income Fund invested in 20 to 40 ASX-listed companies, with a focus on income. It ...

AMP Capital bids farewell to active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... Australia to charge no performance or management fees, after about a year on the exchange. In January, BlackRock shut a Taiwan stocks ETF which had only $5.65 million in assets. A 2019 report from Rainmaker titled 'Zombie ETFs' identified nine ...

Chief economist update: RBA does the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... Ordinaries index jumped by 1.9% following the RBA's Melbourne Cup Day board meeting on November 3, with big capitalisation stocks - Top 100 up by 1.9% -- and little ones - small caps up by 2.1%, equally performing well. Fixed income markets - them ...