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COVID-19 brings trading boom

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... has never seen such interest from Australia's mum and dad investors. "It appears the market's rebound from the lows in the GFC, is fresh in their memories and there's a determination to make sure they don't miss out on any rally," Dale said. The nabTrade ...

VanEck makes case for equal weight investing

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... road to recovery, VanEck examines three separate periods of recovery - the period following the 2001 dotcom burst, the 2008 GFC and the 2015-16 Greek debt crisis. "The paper finds that during these recovery periods, equal weighting outperformed the benchmark ...

Profound uncertainty remains: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... crisis is unlike anything the world has seen before." Gopinath labelled the COVID-19 crisis as "truly global" saying even the GFC had a less severe effect on global output. "For the first time since the Great Depression, both advanced and emerging market ...

The secret to neutralising sequencing risk

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... 'growth' risk exposures, investors were reminded that all growth risk is sold in 'risk off' environments," he said. "As in the GFC, 2020 first-quarter performance saw most asset classes fall and diversification benefits disappear in a systemic 'risk-off' ...

Hundreds of billions ripped from super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... performance results should spur members of MySuper funds. "There's a long [way] to go however, but given that during the GFC returns got as low as -21% these results are remarkable," Dunnin said.

MySuper goes back-to-back in the black

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... super's performance results should spur members of MySuper funds. "There's a long [way] to go however, but given that during the GFC returns got as low as -21% these results are remarkable," Dunnin said. Dunnin said the results differed from the economy's ...

Hedge funds record best month since GFC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Hedge funds in April posted their highest one-month returns since May 2009, but still have a long way to go before they can pare back March quarter losses. Preqin's All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark returned 5.82% in April as most stock markets rebounded ...

Westpac hunts new insto bank chief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... and varied banking career. However, having held executive positions through a number of significant events, including the GFC and this year the COVID-19 pandemic, it is now time to step back and develop a portfolio career, including board positions," ...

Collapse of REITs spells opportunity: SG Hiscock

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... REITs are on the frontline as the economy reopens, Berry said. "Capital markets are opening and functioning, this is not the GFC as feared," he said. "Shops are opening, mobility is improving, and residential enquiry is picking up. "There have been limited ...

Sydney boutique shutters fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... the history of the US stock market," it said in a March update. "The VIX index spiked over 80, matching levels during the GFC. This was a black swan event that our proprietary model did not forecast. "The switch from a low volatility regime into an extreme ...