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Chief economist update: Premature easing will cost more lives, more rupiahs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... virtual of nearly all social and business activities. The government topped this up with Rupiah 20 lakh crore (trillion) -- USD 260 billion - equivalent to 10% of Indian GDP, on May 12. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) also went to work, cutting its benchmark ...

Fixed income investors get new ESG rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... effective in deepening our analysis of the nascent but fast-developing market for impact bonds, where issuance recently passed the USD$1 trillion mark. This market is ripe with opportunities, yet large parts remain obscured by low levels of disclosure ...

Global manager rolls out local access to alternatives fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... the Cayman Islands, the fund is run by a team of portfolio managers spread across the UK, US and Australia who manage around USD$11.6 billion in assets. The firm's head of diversified alternatives, London-based David Elms co-manages the fund alongside ...

Sydney boutique shutters fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... and remained as such since early March." In April, it posted -2.45% returns for the month, as S&P 500 returned 12.68% (in USD) after rallying in the month. "The VIX index declined from the 50s back into the 30s [in April]. The fund went long the market ...

USD exposure benefits investors: ETF Securities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... most part seen as political and economic stability." Walesby said the diversification benefit comes from the fact that the USD/AUD exchange rate correlates negatively with the US share market. "This means that the US dollar tends to appreciate against ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... upgrade credit to a modest overweight. BlackRock's latest six to 12 month tactical views on major global asset classes (in USD terms) are now neutral for all global asset classes (equities, government bonds and cash) except credit, which it upgraded ...

No golden ticket for super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... the current crisis is very much testing this theory. "The performance of gold through March reveals something surprising: USD gold prices (based on the London Bullion Market Association closing price) failed to gain value; worse, gold moved in tandem ...

Credit value exists in emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... spells opportunity for investors, it added. "Clearly not all of the additional EM fiscal spending will be financed through the USD-denominated sovereign market, as we would expect domestic and multilateral sources to complement bond issuance," Western ...

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

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... Diversified Real Return Fund further buffered against the downside due to tail risk protection through the purchase of AUD/USD put options." Meanwhile, the worst performing balanced fund strategy was FirstChoice WS Moderate. "Interestingly, hiding behind ...

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... you focus on the direction of the US dollar through previous crisis. "In 1987, rates were going up and so it made sense that USD was rallying on fairly conventional grounds," he said. "That it would soar in 2008, even as the Fed was cutting rates to ...