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Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
With investors caught in a nasty tug of war between the dire economic reality and the hope of a virus cure, industry leaders have warned of the potential for further downside. And with macro threats looming, markets, already fragile from a period of ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
A new report ranking US public pension funds by their ability to pay future benefits suggests several will likely go insolvent as a result of COVID-19. The issues facing public pension funds in the US are widely known, and while it's not clear how ...

Magellan remains cautious, for now

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Sitting on a significant amount of liquidity, Magellan is waiting for a few dominoes to fall before it pulls the trigger and deploys cash from its global and high conviction funds. Having increased the cash balances across both its high conviction and ...

Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Forget Australia's simmering political and trade tension with China, there's one building right inside our very borders. Canberra's worried that Beijing's ban on beef imports, increased tariff on barley could extend to boycott of Australia's ...

COVID-19 recovery plans must heed climate science

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
A global network of companies, including ASX-listed Australian Ethical, is urging governments to pay heed to climate science in their COVID-19 recovery plans. UN Global Compact includes 155 companies that employ over five million people and have a combined ...

Fund pulls mandate, alters pandemic definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
QSuper will take the management of its social responsible investment option in house and has changed the definition of pandemic illness. AMP Capital will no longer manage QSuper's socially responsible investment option as of 1 July 2020. "This change ...

Saxo Markets launches investment loyalty scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
The multi-asset trading and investment specialist has launched a loyalty program that offers investors rewards for trading across asset classes, including CFDs, FX, stocks and bonds. The interactive scheme will be available to all clients in Australia ...

Australian ETF market shows strength

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
The Australian ETF market grew 24% to $56.9 billion, despite the COVID-19 share market correction, according to the 2020 ETF Report by Stockspot. The report found the ETF market size has tripled since 2016 and has become the preferred way to access ...

Gender diversity improves, cultural diversity falls: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
A new report surveying 296 of Australia's listed companies has highlighted the strides made in diversity at a board level, as well as those needing significant improvement. The Board Diversity index, published by the Governance Institute of Australia ...

Industry funds pulled back to the pack

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
New research predicts industry funds are no longer set to dominate the superannuation industry, as COVID-19 changes the race to the top. KPMG's latest Super Insights report shows industry super funds are no longer on track to takeover SMSFs as the biggest ...