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AMP bleeds $18 billion

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The market damage of COVID-19 saw AMP's wealth management arm shed more than $18 billion during the first quarter. COVID-19 has left AMP around $18 billion shorter than it was at the beginning of the year, with the economic impact of the pandemic hitting ...

Best, worst performing Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Morningstar has revealed the Australian equities funds that topped and tanked during the March quarter, which ended with S&P/ASX 200 falling nearly 30% from its February 20 all-time high. The quarter saw the main benchmarks for large cap Australian ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
Despite improving investor sentiment and inflows into emerging markets, the coronavirus pandemic will have a significant economic impact on several countries, as they struggle to manage the health emergency. That's according to Amundi Asset Mangement ...

The great fall of China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
Back in pre-coronavirus days, the thought that the Chinese economy would slow below the government's target of around 6.0% was enough to send chills down the spine of many investors and businesses. If memory serves me right, there were even forecasts ...

Future Fund board members reappointed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
The government has reappointed two members of the $168 billion sovereign wealth fund's board of guardians. Carolyn Kay and Jane Wilson, who were both appointed for a five-year term in 2015, have had their appointments extended by three years and a year ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic could lead emerging markets to lose the last decade in progress, as the world sinks deeper into a global recession far worse than the Global Financial Crisis. That's according to State Street Global Advisors head of global ...

Global markets bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
US stocks ended in a sea of red on Wednesday as bleak economic data and corporate losses shifted what had been an almost eerily optimistic sentiment towards trade over the last few weeks. US markets had made somewhat of a recovery of late, with the ...

Chief economist update: How deep the global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
"It is very likely that this year the global economy will experience its worst recession since the Great Depression, surpassing that seen during the global financial crisis a decade ago. The Great Lockdown, as one might call it, is projected to shrink ...

COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
Despite global market rebounds, Natixis Investment Managers believes the economic damage of the COVID-19 pandemic will stretch several quarters beyond the containment of the virus. There are now nearly two million confirmed cases of the coronavirus ...

Changes to foreign investment rules hurt managed funds

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
A Chinese-Australian funds manager has slammed changes to the foreign investment review framework, arguing they will damage the Australian economy and its managed funds businesses. Atlas Advisors Australia said the new temporary FIRB rules would curb ...