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Chief economist update: Winter of Europe's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... hospitalisations and tightened restrictions in the worst affected areas and could close restaurants in the Paris region on Monday, if numbers continue to rise. Italian Prime Minister Conte said he will ask parliament to extend the country's state ...

Chief economist update: Dan defeats second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... 4000 new cases. Italy saw close to 1000 new infections and Germany reported 1345 new cases Sunday, and a further 922 cases Monday. Recall that many European countries re-opened sometime in June. To paraphrase Andrews, Europe has come too far, given too ...

Watermark sheds market neutral fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... to keep the existing investment strategy and external service providers steady, it said in a letter to investors sent on Monday. Meanwhile, Watermark will keep running its long/short strategy which has about $233 million in total across two vehicles ...

BetaShares rejigs oil ETF...again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... was a temporary one, as it waited for S&P to finalise its review of negatively-priced commodities future contracts. On Monday, BetaShares said S&P had completed its review and the underlying index would go back to tracking one-month futures that are ...

Vanguard funds downgraded by Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... international equities, Australian fixed interest, international fixed interest and cash. In their most recent rating review from Monday, Morningstar noted the low cost (all charge an ICR of 0.29% p.a.) of the funds. However, it said the strategies had ...

FPA award nominations open, new award announced

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... live broadcast awards ceremony later this year," De Gori said. Submissions for the seven awards are now open and close on Monday, August 31. The categories include FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional of the Year Award, FPA Professional Practice ...

Life insurance at tipping point: Industry leaders

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
... change would not occur in the industry lest it shift away from an acquisition model. "In an acquisition led model, where Monday to Friday you are thinking about new customers and maybe on Friday afternoon you are thinking about existing customers, you ...

Gold rally continues to hit new highs

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... investors desperate for an inflationary hedge send prices soaring higher. Futures contracts for gold hit all-time highs on Monday, but have since dropped as investors cash in on profits from the yellow metal. The December contracts for gold futures surpassed ...

Chief economist update: UK plans for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... Help Out discount scheme will provide a 50% reduction for sit-down meals in cafes, restaurants and pubs across the UK from Monday to Wednesday every week throughout August 2020." "The rate of VAT applied on most tourism and hospitality-related activities ...

Balanced options in the red, but only just

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... undoubtedly so. One such super fund which has come out of the crisis relatively unharmed is AustralianSuper, which announced on Monday that it had recorded positive returns for its balanced option. Despite the COVID-19 crash, this MySuper option has ...