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Kapstream restructures investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
Kapstream Capital has made its head of credit redundant as it aims for a flatter team structure, while also hiring a new credit-focussed portfolio manager. Raymond Lee, who spent nearly a decade at Kapstream and previously managed money for Lachlan ...

Chief economist update: Not easy easing restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
"As the economy reopens, incoming data are beginning to reflect a resumption of economic activity: Many businesses are opening their doors, hiring is picking up, and spending is increasing. Employment moved higher, and consumer spending rebounded strongly ...

Chief economist update: Good as gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... by 48.7% to a 17-year low of 228.24 points in April from this year's high of 444.63 points recorded in February. Even gold fell by 11.3% between February and March before re-asserting its safe-have quality and rallying by 18.6% to date. In comparison ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... doing business here and of public indemnity insurance.. "Mr De Ferrari runs an organisation that somehow managed to claim a gold medal for disgrace at the banking Royal Commission in a highly competitive field," Hardwick said. "It's difficult to ...

APRA heatmap sees members save on fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
APRA analysis shows a significant proportion of MySuper members have been spared more than $100 million in fees in the last six months thanks to the introduction of its heatmap. Updating its MySuper heatmap to reflect changes in the fees charged, APRA ...

Perth Mint to review audit processes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... independent third-party review of its audit process after an AFR investigation raised concerns about conflicts in how it sources gold. The Western-Australian government owned Perth Mint allegedly buys up to $200 million of conflict gold from a PNG firm ...

Regal Atlantic fund up 12.5% in May, down 61.65% YTD

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... while short positions took away more than 15% from the returns. Regal's overweight to material stocks like Australian gold producer Red 5, which rose 42% in the month as it completed a $125 million capital raise to develop a new site in Western Australia ...

ASIC mainly concerned with media releases: Lawyer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
Hamilton Blackstone Lawyers managing director Cristean Yazbeck has argued that ASIC is mainly concerned with its own reputation and the media releases it can put out in relation to action on financial advisers. Yazbeck said in a paper that after ASIC ...

Newgate fund starts new life

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... Lucerne have an existing relationship, with the latter's funds investing in Sanlam's UK-run funds including the Baker Steel Gold Fund. Under Newgate, the fund invested primarily in Australian REITs and infrastructure but under Sanlam, it will shift its ...

Gold holding onto Fibonacci resistance: Daily FX

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
As gold continues to be a highly sought safe haven during ongoing market concerns, gold prices are an indication the precious metal is the most overbought since 2011, according to Daily FX analysis. James Stanley, strategist at Daily FX, said the price ...