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Hedge funds rally in April, but YTD still bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
New data has revealed that hedge funds around the globe staged a recovery in April, with a positive aggregate return of more than 5%. It follows a disappointing March, with almost all the hedge funds tracked by a global database and analytics tool in ...

Industry funds revise ERS modelling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
Industry Super Australia has been forced to revise the modelling underpinning their calculations of the impact of the government's Early Release Scheme on retirement balances. An ASIC missive caused the peak body for industry superannuation to reconsider ...

IFM cuts carbon footprint from Aussie infra assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... low carbon economy is critical to protecting the long-term value of the investments we make on behalf of industry super funds and other long-term institutional investors and their members. Our strategy is to reduce risk and prepare for the future."

Majority of ERS applications from low balance accounts: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... director, superannuation, retirement and platforms said AMP's focus was supporting clients in hardship and ensuring they receive funds efficiently and securely. "We fully support the government's early release package and we're pleased to provide our ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... I believe markets have 'stabilised' and rallied is the cushioning effect of the RBA cutting rates and injecting funds in the market with targeted programs as well as the Federal Government's JobKeeper program." He argues the pandemic's ...

Compliance crackdown, consultations on horizon: ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... investment companies and trusts, he revealed. "We're looking to do a consultation around LICs and LITs and exchange traded funds, just to try and bring those frameworks into some sort of alignment around portfolio transparency, performance reporting ...

Fundamentals return to the forefront in EM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... dramatic oil price decline in Q1 2020 precipitated a large sell-off in risk assets, including significant outflows from EM debt funds. Michael Cirami, CFA portfolio manager co-director of global income, Marshall Stocker, CFA portfolio manager director ...

Death of dividends greatly exaggerated: Epoch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... generate dividend income from offshore. Damien McIntyre, chief executive of GSFM, the distributor of Epoch's retail funds in Australia, said record low interest rates were already impacting Australian investors in their search for income before COVID-19. ...

APRA releases fund-level ERS data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... progress of the early release of super scheme, with 96% of requests being met within five business days. However, several funds have taken far longer. APRA's figures to May 3 show 830,000 payments were made totalling $6.3 billion in the second week ...

Pendal's product pipeline for 2020

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
Pendal Group's seed capital spending for new funds was about 16% lower in the year ending March but the ASX-listed manager has fresh products in the works. At March end, Pendal had $199.7 million in total seed capital investments across 14 funds, down ...