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Hedge funds in the green in May

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
Global hedge funds have posted another month in the green, with roughly one fourth of fund strategies now reporting positive returns for the year. Hedge funds around the globe returned 2.54% on average in May, with nearly a quarter posting average returns ...

Senator remains firm on FASEA extension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
Senator Rex Patrick, whose amendment to Treasury Bill Number 3 meant that the FASEA extensions hit a snag, is not backing down. The senator defended his amendment in an email to a financial advice association. "I added a schedule to the bill. Despite ...

FASEA extension hits snag

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
The extensions that will allow financial advisers an extra year to complete the FASEA exam and two years to complete the FASEA education requirements was returned to the House of Representatives after an amendment was sought. Despite being introduced ...

Mirova chief labels ethical investing pledges hollow

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... corporates, here are the investors. And always the same logic: explain to the states and the EU what they have to do, ask for a green stimulus with lots of sentences that give the appearance of a strong commitment, but which commit absolutely nothing ...

FSC calls for SMSF access to infrastructure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
The FSC has proposed a plan to democratise investment in domestic infrastructure development, making these projects accessible to every Australian with money in superannuation. The FSC said the proposed Australian Superannuation and Infrastructure Investment ...

Impact investing set to skyrocket: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... studied 111 impact investment products across the country. It found that the majority of impact investment products are "green" or "sustainable" bonds ($17 billion), while $2.9 billion was held by Australian investors in real assets, private debt, public ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic was both a curse and a blessing (for lack of a better word) for China's Politburo. Social restrictions and lockdowns imposed by the powers-that-be to contain the virus sent the economy plunging 6.8% in the year to the March ...

Fund pulls mandate, alters pandemic definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... QSuper indicated a higher range of allocation to real estate at between 0% and 30% (AMP Capital's range was 0% to 10%). Green building was listed as one of the environmental and social issues important to QSuper members. It committed to a minimal exposure ...

ASX-listed brokerage appoints managing director

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
An ASX-listed share trading platform has appointed a managing director. Robert Edgley has been appointed as the managing director of SelfWealth, after serving as a non-executive director and acting chief executive since November 26 last year. Edgley ...

Australia facing largest ever GDP fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... tax and industrial relations reform as a means of increasing our competitiveness." Meantime, deVere chief executive Nigel Green said investors should prepare for the world's central banks to continue cutting rates into the negative. "A new global era ...