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Markets react as antiviral drug disappoints

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... "US Treasury yields dropped, with the yield curve flattening and the 10 year yield trading at 0.59 per cent," Rodda said. Gold on the other hand, jumped more than 1%, he said. At the time of writing, the S&P/ASX 200 had edged 0.29% higher, sitting at ...

The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
Late last year, before extreme weather events battered the world, before COVID-19, The Big Short 's Michael Burry said he had found the next bubble: passive investments. Now, with asset prices trembling in the face of the pandemic, could there still ...

Multi-asset strategies key in COVID-19 crisis: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... has allowed us to reposition portfolios without needing to step into markets experiencing liquidity issues," Somaia said. Gold, traditionally a safe haven, has become more attractive, he said. "We typically avoid gold because it doesn't generate income ...

ETF demand boosts gold

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
A strong demand for ETFs coupled with the world's original safe haven has driven gold ETFs to record highs. Rainmaker research shows that assets under management in gold ETFs has increased around 45.8% in the period from December 2019 to March 2020. ...

Financial services exec embroiled in bribery scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
A former financial services executive in the US has been charged with orchestrating a bribery scheme that saw him funnel at least $4 million to the Ghanaian government to gain their approval to build and operate an electrical power plant. The Securities ...

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 ...

COVID-19 is not the only factor: deVere

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... sectors will rebound strongly while others decline. He said investors need to be focusing on other markers like the price of gold and oil, and watch international monetary policy measures closely. "There is a concern that the all-encompassing COVID-19 ...

Plenty still want in on ETPs: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... of funds under management. The product with the greatest increase in assets under management was ETF Securities' Physical Gold, which increased by $189 million on net inflows of $135 to end the month with $1.6 billion. Vanguard Australian Shares Index ...

Boutique hires star analyst from Citi

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
An equities analyst from Citi who has topped the StarMine Awards in the past has jumped to a boutique manager. David Lloyd is joining $12 billion Ausbil's equity research team which is led by Nicholas Condoleon. Lloyd covered listed real estate and ...

ASIC cancels slew of AFSLs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... regulator has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of the licensee formerly known as MyPlanner Australia. The Gold Coast-based licensee transitioned its financial advice business to MyPlanner Professional Services in February 2017. The ...