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ETF liquidity disappears: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
A new report from Morningstar has explored how ETFs performed in stressed market environments during February and March 2020, revealing liquidity suffered. ETFs, despite their reputation as extremely liquid instruments, could not escape the market turmoil ...

Mercer hires from Australian Unity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
Mercer has hired the former chief executive of Australian Unity Bank to lead its superannuation services. Tim Barber will step into the head of Mercer Super role, leading the flagship Mercer Super Trust and its related portfolio services business. Mercer ...

ETF Securities shutters funds

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
ETF Securities has closed two of its exchange traded funds after failing to reach sufficient size. The ETF Securities Global Core Infrastructure ETF (CORE) and the Enhanced USD Cash ETF (ZUSD) will be terminated after the last day of trading on 29 January ...

Charter Hall, Allianz Real Estate acquire assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... logistics has been a high conviction global theme for the manager. "In the Asia-Pacific region we have an exposure of over USD $2.4 billion to logistics across Australia, Japan, China, and India," he said. "We value our long-standing relationship with ...

Sovereign investors keen on gold, infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Invesco's annual survey of 139 sovereign investors found they are increasing allocation to gold, and plan on adding fixed income and infrastructure in the 12 months ahead. The annual report, now in its eighth year, found sovereign investors entered ...

Artisan teams up with Melbourne multi-boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
The $172 billion global manager has signed an exclusive retail distribution deal with a Melbourne multi-boutique, as it eyes the adviser channel after raising $6 billion from local institutional investors. Copia Investment Partners will exclusively ...

Chief economist update: Premature easing will cost more lives, more rupiahs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
It was one of the first movers in the fight against containing the spread of infection from the coronavirus pandemic. On March 24, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered one of the strictest lockdowns of any country in the world, warning that ...

USD exposure benefits investors: ETF Securities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
Adding exposure to currency fluctuations can help to ensure investors' portfolios are well-diversified especially in volatile markets, according to ETF Securities. During a period where asset prices and exchange rates are fluctuating unpredictably ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
Central bank action including buying corporate bonds combined with cheapened valuation has led BlackRock Investment Institute to upgrade credit to a modest overweight. BlackRock's latest six to 12 month tactical views on major global asset classes (in ...

No golden ticket for super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
March provided evidence that superannuation funds won't be able to guild returns through investments in gold, according to Parametric. Parametric managing director of research Raewyn Williams said investments in gold failed to provide a safe haven from ...