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Multi-asset results mixed in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... 21 until March 25, to discover the winners and losers of the market downturn. Balanced fund returns for Morningstar-rated funds during the sell-off ranged from -10.28% to -17.45%. The best performing balanced fund during the recent sell-off was Perpetual ...

ACTU pokes holes in JobKeeper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... notion of a wage subsidy." McManus said the program needed safeguards to ensure people were kept in employment and that funds flowed to workers. "The government has made clear that this is a wage subsidy and not a wage replacement program and we would ...

William Buck boosts private wealth office

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... services as group head of investments with EWM Group in Brisbane. William Buck currently manages around $1.3 billion of funds under advice in its wealth advisory division.

Cashwerkz announces new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... other sectors. Commenting on his appointment, Letche said: "I am very excited to help lead Cashwerkz to grow the flow of funds on to the platform, innovate in product and technology to generate more revenue streams and grow our talent to execute our ...

VanEck rejigs China A-shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... market. The Australian fund is a feeder fund that invests in a NYSE-listed VanEck fund (PEK); both were the first A-shares funds in their respective markets. On February 26, the board of the NYSE-listed fund decided to change the reference index by May ...

Super funds must prioritise liquidity: Regulators

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... been told in no uncertain terms how it should deal with the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, with ASIC and APRA directing super funds to prioritise liquidity. In a joint letter sent to all registrable superannuation entities, ASIC commissioner Danielle Press ...

Vanguard launches simplified investment platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... designed to simplify the investing experience and provide low-cost access to the firm's most popular products. The global funds management giant's new Vanguard Personal Investor offering will allow Australians to invest in the firm's Australian-listed ...

Super funds asked to model early release impact

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
APRA has asked superannuation funds to submit their in-house modelling on the magnitude of impact they are expecting from the Federal Government's special allowance for early release from superannuation. The prudential regulator asked superannuation ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
New research has revealed the 22 ASX 300 companies - many of which super funds have exposure to - that are polluters and haven't performed well this year. Activist group Market Forces released a new report today, titled Out of line out of time ...

Schroders appoints regional leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... Australia later this year, with plans afoot to use a fund-of-fund structure to invest in externally-managed private equity funds. The offering sits under the Schroder Adveq brand, which manages about $15 billion globally in primary, secondary and co-investments ...