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Equities attractive in search for yield: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... during highly volatile market environments. "Active managers predominantly generate income through selling call options on stocks that they hold," it said. "Furthermore, an option's value increases as the underlying stock's volatility increases. As such ...

Chief economist update: V could still become W

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... distancing measures and lockdown restrictions - it seemed like eternity. Equity market investors were correct in divesting stocks in their investment portfolios - paralysis in business, household and overall economic activity won't do company profitability ...

Small caps soar amid accelerated revolution

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... reasonable comfortable with small caps, which is a bit counterintuitive - usually during economic recessions large cap stocks hold up well," he said. "But that's the thing about the COVID-19 sell-off; it hasn't been a classic economic sell-off ...

Plan for the worst, hope for the best

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... opportunities as the market rallies," Wilson said. "In the first couple of weeks, we were putting together the list of stocks that we wanted to own in the next bull market and really looking for those opportunities. "We knew from history that you're ...

Saxo Markets launches investment loyalty scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... 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 and also offers an attractive price point ...

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 ...

Proceed with caution: Janus Henderson

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... growth along with an historic level of uncertainty, in our view, will ultimately cause investors to command risk premiums on stocks greater than what is presently priced into the market," Alankar said. "When considering this backdrop, the expansion of ...

Boutique launches sustainable Aussie equities strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... segregated mandates. As examples of its limited screening but stock-level sustainability analysis, Martin Currie cited three stocks: Harvey Norman, Amcor and AGL Energy, "Harvey Norman would have passed most negative screens that RI funds use, but for ...

Chief economist update: Easing restrictions narrow oil demand-supply equation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
It's only been just about a month since oil producers were practically paying buyers to come and take their stocks off them. This was on April 20, one day before the WTI oil futures contracts for May delivery dropped to minus US$36.98 per barrel. ...

AMP Capital cuts fees on equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... will shift from charging 70 bps per year to 55 bps per year. It has tightened its screening for thermal coal producing stocks from 10% of coal-production-related revenue to 1%. "A 1% threshold screens out companies actively producing thermal coal used ...