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Managed accounts demand rises: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
Zenith Investment Partners said demand for its managed accounts services grew amid the uncertainty and volatility in investment markets sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. Zenith chief executive David Wright said it was not unexpected that advice firms ...

COVID-19 dampens retirement expectations: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... he said. "Prospective investors can ill afford to have the share component of their superannuation crushed by market volatility," Rady said. "Some do not have enough time left in the workforce to rebuild their wealth."

Best Australian equities funds, with risk considered

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... considering their monthly returns for the three years ending March 2020. In addition to the headline returns, it looked at volatility in monthly returns (as measured by standard deviation), volatility of returns that fall below a return target (semi ...

S&P warns of record fallen angels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... conditions as yields and spreads retreated from "eye-popping levels" observed at the start of COVID-19-related market volatility, in March. "Per the S&P US High Yield Corporate Bond Index, the average yield to worst ebbed below 7% late last month, and ...

Volatility wreaks havoc with heat map measures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
With market volatility rife over recent months, new analysis shows the relationship between risk and return has practically vanished, leaving many funds exposed to APRA's MySuper heat map investment performance measure. New analysis prepared by Frontier ...

Profound uncertainty remains: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... scale of the shock to emerging markets during the Great Lockdown," Gopinath said. "This divergence may portend greater volatility in financial markets. Worse health and economic news can lead to sharp corrections." Gopinath points to stronger policy ...

SSGA model portfolios land on HUB24

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... Invest and Super offerings, as investors seek transparent, open architecture solutions to deal with today's market volatility. SSGA has introduced one target income and three risk-based ETF model portfolios to the platform, recognising HUB24's quickly ...

Hedge funds in the green in May

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... global hedge fund recovery in April. The only hedge funds that posted positive performance in May and year-to-date were volatility/options strategies, origination and financing funds and China-focused funds, eVestment said. Despite the gains seen over ...

Pessimism strikes Australia, US optimistic

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... merely modest declines for the year, with continued recovery in the second half despite high levels of concern about volatility. Financial professionals, including investment advisers, wealth managers, broker/dealers, and financial advisers, expect US ...

Pendal bolsters ESG fixed income capability

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... new assistant portfolio managers have been appointed to the firm's bond, income and defensive strategy teams, with a volatility analyst and a credit analyst also brought on board to broaden the firm's capabilities, particularly in respect of its ESG ...