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Best performing managed funds revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... the Hyperion Australian Growth Companies Fund (11%). The report found the majority of products fail to outperform the benchmark on an after fees basis and noted that choosing an active manager is not a "straightforward" task. "Over the years there have ...

Chief economist update: UK plans for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... recovered from their April lows, 13.4 and 13.8, respectively. Not surprisingly, the FTSE-100 has also recovered. The benchmark index has rallied by 23.3% from the nine-month low recorded in March. However, the index remains 18.4% lower this year to date ...

Balanced options in the red, but only just

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... MySuper products with funds with daily unit prices. This is the fourth lowest return in 20 years, and the first negative benchmark return since the GFC, Dunnin said. Despite the COVID-19 financial crisis savagely impacting fund returns in February and ...

JBWere to continue using Praemium

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Praemium," Praemium chief executive Michael Ohanessian said. "Praemium's Virtual Managed Accounts (VMA) continues to be the benchmark in complex corporate actions management, performance and asset analytics, and tax reporting. "Our market-leading capability ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Shanghai composite index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index have registered daily gains since then - sending China's benchmark index up by 11.7% this year to date (compared with the S&P 500's 1.6% loss). Threats of tariff increases and sanctions ...

Mirae drops fees on Asian equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... consumption activities of the Asian region excluding Japan. It has returned 18.9% in the year ending May, beating the benchmark MSCI AC Asia ex Japan (in AUD) 3.4% over the period. Australian-domiciled vehicle's assets total $4.23 million while the underlying ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... virtual freezing of social and commercial activity in response to the coronavirus pandemic sent the US equity market's benchmark indices down sharply into a bear market in the first three months of this year: the S&P 500 down by 29.7%; the DJIA down ...

Artisan teams up with Melbourne multi-boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... returned 22.9% per year since inception in September, 2017 (in AUD and after fees) compared to the 7.2% per year return of benchmark MSCI All Country World SMID Cap Net Index in AUD. In USD terms, it has returned 19% p.a. since inception compared to ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... Aggressive monetary and fiscal policy responses and the gradual easing of restrictions sparked a 31.5% rally in the benchmark index form its February low, and reversing the March quarter's 24.9% loss into a 17.4% gain in the June quarter, although ...

New advice compliance solution launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
MyNextAdvice will develop additional solutions to help the financial advice and mortgage broking industries with compliance obligations. Using client feedback, MyNextAdvice says it will be able to mitigate complaints. It is a cloud-based service that ...