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Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... lowering net exposure during volatile times, or in the case of AB, investing in a portfolio of high-quality, low-volatility stocks," Morningstar said. Meanwhile, the country's worst performers were Dimensional Australian Value Trust (-29.26%), Russell ...

Colonial First State ups cash for Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... Group. The third fund, the Colonial First State Developing Companies Fund, invests in companies in ASX 201 to 300 and holds stocks like Infomedia, Cooper Energy and, Baby Bunting.

Volatility hits super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... you've got property, and infrastructure, and bonds, and corporate debt, and shares, and overseas shares, and technology stocks for example, gives members a fairly wide exposure, without betting everything on the one asset class." CORRECTION: An earlier ...

UniSuper suspends stock lending

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... stock," he said. On Friday, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority temporarily prohibited short selling of certain Italian stocks in a bid to calm the market after Milan's stock market fell 17%. The stocks included Ferrari, Juventus and Lazio football ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... In order to keep up with the times, many firms have introduced proprietary systems for measuring ESG factors and rating stocks against them. "A lot of people see this as a window of opportunity and are therefore jumping on the ESG bandwagon," Robeco ...

Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... to make sure that you are in a really strong position." Taylor says he is currently investing in blue chips and liquid stocks to safeguard his portfolio, but he also has a reasonable amount of cash. "In these sorts of environments you want to be in blue ...

REITs resilient in face of virus: Principal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... a long-term concern - construction supply chains." Yoong said delays are going to hit A-REITS and property once current stocks are "used up". "Big high-rise developments in particular will be affected, because taller office towers and apartments use ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... these losses, trading down 0.61%. Overnight in the US, the New York Stock Exchange triggered a temporary trading halt after stocks plunged 7% at the open. It was the first time a temporary halt has been implemented since October 1997. Trading stopped ...

Virus fallout worse than GFC: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... of social distancing." She also pointed to the devastating effects on the global supply and demand for dry bulk shipping stocks, like building materials and commodities. Gopinath said the effects are similar to during the most acute phase of the global ...

Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... region." In addition, most of the thematic funds globally (68%) have a growth bias, while only 9% have a tilt towards value stocks. It's a hard industry to crack, with mortality rates running high and most funds not beating the benchmark. "Of the thematic ...