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Sydney multi-boutique adds crypto fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... leading institutional investors are showing more and more interest in Bitcoin as an uncorrelated, liquid asset class. Volatility of Bitcoin has been falling and is now comparable to a traditional asset class like oil," said Arrano chief investment officer ...

ETFs crack $100bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... domestic equity, niche and leveraged ETFs were favoured in the first half of 2020 as investors sought to navigate market volatility, a year on we are seeing better diversification across both asset classes and ETF types, with a notable increase in flows ...

Multi-boutique launches farmland fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... manager Steve Jarrott said there is a compelling case for investors to consider agricultural exposure, given its low volatility and low correlation to traditional asset classes. "The launch of this fund follows the success we have had with a similar ...

Wholesale funds recover losses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... vaccination programs, unprecedented government stimulus and money printing, uncertainty and the potential for market volatility remain as hopes for recoveries in the underlying real economies remain largely unrealised." The results were similar for gross ...

ESG managed accounts on the rise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... strengthened their value proposition. "By using managed accounts, it actually massively supported advisers through market volatility and periods of uncertainty. We also found those who are using them for longer on average, realise more benefits in the ...

Instos seek unique alternatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... decisions are driven largely by the macroeconomic environment and the effect of the global pandemic. Monitoring market volatility and interest rate changes are important factors, cited by 42% of investors.

New hybrids ETF on Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... margins of around 3% above the cash rate compare favourably with the post-2010 average margin of 3.4% and we expect volatility to remain materially lower than equities," the firm said.

Unlisted assets deliver modest returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... research reveals that MySuper products with high weightings to unlisted assets provide modest returns but contribute lower volatility and higher autocorrelation. Rainmaker's latest RMetric report sought to find out if the performance of MySuper products ...

QSuper pokes holes in YFYS legislation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... the test two years in a row. QSuper said this test needs to use better benchmarks and risk-adjusted returns (adding volatility, Sharpe ratio). "The asset class benchmarks may be constraining, and we suggest broadening the adopted benchmarks to better ...

Milliman hires head of distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... appointment follows Milliman launching SmartShield, a managed accounts solution aiming to protect investors against volatility and capital losses. "Prior to COVID-19, financial planners were already facing a raft of challenges in the wake of the Royal ...