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Industry fund sees 252% increase in digital advice use

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... period. There are a number of environmental factors that will have helped drive this demand, such as the extreme market volatility earlier this year and legislative changes to insurance cover, but the growth in online advice has been uniform since September ...

How far are we from a trillion-dollar super fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... $590 million a year in new capital to support ASX-listed companies," Silk said. "During the period of extreme market volatility earlier in 2020 the Fund supported 20 Australian companies with $380 million in new capital to stabilise their businesses." ...

Hedge fund switched traders with algorithm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... period, starting in 2011 when BSMA was established, the algorithm generated "significantly less profit with greater volatility than the live traders" for BCI, the SEC said. A number of superannuation funds have awarded mandates to the alternatives manager ...

AMP launches retirement product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
AMP has launched a new retirement product that guarantees the return of capital regardless of market volatility. Available on its MyNorth platform, MyNorth Guarantees aim to help investors nearing retirement protect their nest egg against sequencing ...

AllianceBernstein Australia eyes ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
The US manager is readying its well-performing $1.2 billion AB Managed Volatility Equities fund for an active ETF debut early next year. The Roy Maslen-managed fund has delivered 9.38% p.a. over five years and -1.59% in the last 12 months. It is was ...

Best managed funds, ETFs named

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... Companies Fund (18.64% for the year and 12.52% p.a. over five years), followed by Alliance Bernstein's Managed Volatility Equities Fund (-1.59% and 9.38% p.a. over five years). In Aussie small caps Macquarie's Australian Small Companies (1.45% ...

Coolabah to manage Contango fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... cash rate on a rolling 12-month basis. The fund will hold at least 25 securities, with a focus on liquidity and low volatility. The initial offer runs from today to December 18. It will list on the exchange via Chi-X. Contango Asset Management said it ...

New MDA offering launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... understands there are frustrations created when providing investment recommendations that need modification when market volatility creates opportunities. "Advisers often need to make adjustments to previous recommendations in a timely fashion and producing ...

Super sneaks back to $3tn in assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... latest statistics from APRA. Despite the effects of the government's early release of super scheme, coupled with market volatility and a sharp economic downturn, the super system has staged a comeback. Total contributions increased 2.9% to $120.2 billion ...

Give the people advisers: Retirement Income Review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... advice. Among the unadvised cohort, 7.7% switched investment options between February and April 2020 (during the market volatility sparked by COVID-19) and on average they moved 84% of their account balance. Only 1.8% of retirees receiving advice switched ...