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No new ASX 200 names this quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
For the first time since 2001, S&P has delayed its quarterly rebalance of the ASX 200 amid volatility, in what industry watchers say could help ETF investors save costs, but raises questions about the passive versus active nature of indices. S&P Dow ...

Dow skyrockets in two-day winning streak

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has posted second day of gains, rising 2.4% after witnessing its best one-day percentage gain since the Great Depression on Tuesday. "Turnaround Tuesday" saw the bourse surging 11.4% or 2112.98 points during trading ...

Positives from the pandemic for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
According to the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP), the COVID-19 pandemic may be producing some positives for financial advisers. In a letter to AIOFP members, executive director Peter Johnston wrote that despite all ...

Cbus Property launches new project

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
Cbus Property and Scentre Group have announced a joint venture partnership to construct a new building in the Sydney CBD. The project, located at 111 and 121 Castlereagh Street, will be a "luxury" residential, retail and office space building, transforming ...

Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
COVID-19, despite its obvious health hazards and hysteria-spooked market volatility, can actually be an opportunity for investors, enabling them to purchase the market's darlings at discounted prices. That's according to Paul Taylor, portfolio ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Trump has taken to Twitter once again, this time, to slam the Federal Reserve and its chair Jerome Powell. The tweets follow a tumultuous start to the week for markets, with the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffering their worst day in a decade on ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Global markets, already feeling the burn from the spreading COVID-19 virus, have tumbled further, after Saudi Arabia sparked an oil price war which saw oil futures plunge more than 30%. Nearly $140 billion was wiped from the S&P/ASX 200 yesterday, as ...

Stanford Brown hires Deloitte director, acquires firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
The Sydney wealth and advice firm has hired a senior director from Deloitte, as it kicks off its accounting offering with an acquisition of a local practice. Stanford Brown has appointed Dean Crossingham to head the accounting business. Crossingham ...

Mid and small-caps outperform in 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
S&P Dow Jones Indices has released its annual SPIVA Australia Scorecard; a report measuring the performance of active funds against their respective benchmark indices - and mid and small-caps have come out on top. Surveying returns from 829 Australian ...

Challenger boutique winds up fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
Aussie small caps manager Kinetic Investment Partners is terminating its last-standing retail fund as assets dwindle, but will continue to manage institutional money. Last Friday, investors in the Kinetic Emerging Companies Fund were notified of the ...