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Active funds quell passive flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
Active fund managers still have a stronghold of the funds management landscape over passive strategies, overseeing US$2 out of every US$3, a new report finds. Calastone's latest research found that in Australia, inflows to active funds surged in ...

Investors on red alert despite vaccines

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... market correction in history. "Uncertainty continues and concerns are mounting that financial markets may have entered bubble territory. However, fund selectors surveyed view market risk as an opportunity, while acknowledging close analysis is required ...

Chief economist update: Amber alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... P/E ratio would hit the peak overvaluation of 23.4 times recorded on the 1st of September 2000 in the midst of the dotcom bubble. We all know what happened thereafter. It could be that this time is different. But there's also Murphy's Law. The ...

No tech bubble: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
BlackRock's macro research team has revealed the $8.7 trillion asset manager is continuing to favour the technology sector going into 2021. "The pandemic has turbocharged transformations that were already underway - from sustainability to inequality. ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... despite signs of froth in some market segments, we do not think that we are currently in the late stages of a broad-based bubble in risky assets." But as the Australian Financial Review reports: "...Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter said the ...

Insto demand sees digital asset manager launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... analysis continue to improve. It is little surprise that serious investors are starting to pay attention," Erith said. "The bubble is past; the criminal insinuations have been largely rooted out and usage and ownership numbers continue to grow. Bitcoin ...

Super industry cautious on more reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
The financial services industry and business community in Australia has responded in a generally positive manner to the government's 2020-2021 budget, but the super sector is so far cautious in its response. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Financial advice firms facing failure: Dynamic Asset Consulting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... couldn't sleep at night running a portfolio like that. There is an urgent need for action right now," Lander said. "The bubble is not actually just in equities as most people think - it is in bonds and traditionally defensive assets. We could be entering ...

S&P 500 rebounds from COVID-losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... index's components ended lower - a weird phenomenon that was last observed back during the 2000-2001 'Dot Com' bubble," Yang said. "Uncertainties surrounding the approval of a second US fiscal stimulus package remain, while a review of the ...

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... faster than their value peers. "So it makes sense that the CAPE ratio is higher," he said. "I don't think there's a bubble, but instead an 'anti-bubble' where a lot of these very deep value-oriented businesses are being disrupted, while ...