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Multi-boutique warns of fourth quarter reckoning

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... manager has warned of an ultimate reckoning in the fourth quarter, as global bourses continue to ascend on the back of central bank and government stimulus. Despite woeful economic data, US equity indices have been dancing to their own tune, according ...

Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... both quiet at the moment, though Sydney continues to provide plenty of opportunities. Birt said that "for a change", the Central Coast and Newcastle are busy, with five businesses available in the area. He said buyers are chasing practices with middle-aged ...

ASIC secures $160m in remediation over junk credit insurance

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... junk credit insurance from 11 major banks and lenders between 2011 and 2018. These include offerings from ANZ, Australian Central Credit Union, Bank of Queensland, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Citigroup, Commonwealth Bank, Credit Union Australia, Latitude ...

HESTA awards investment data mandate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
The $56 billion super fund has partnered with a New York-based software company to support its strategic investment decisions and funds management. HESTA has selected GoldenSource Nexus to overhaul its investment data management, set to help the super ...

Australia facing largest ever GDP fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... increasing our competitiveness." Meantime, deVere chief executive Nigel Green said investors should prepare for the world's central banks to continue cutting rates into the negative. "A new global era of negative interest rates would have been unimaginable ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... "Volatility will not disappear, but confidence is growing that stabilisation has set in (for now) given government and central bank support - pending future developments," he said. Investors need to assess which companies are best positioned for recovery ...

Fundamentals return to the forefront in EM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... fairly compelling when compared to developed markets and adjusted for inflation as well as within the context of easing central bank policies," they said. "It's worth noting that the markets with more robust and attractive interest-rate curves tend to ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
Easing of central bank monetary policy settings helped equity markets rebound and economies to recover from the "Great Recession" wrought by the Global Financial Crisis of 2009. Easing - this time, of social distancing and lockdown restrictions (implemented ...

Global asset manager launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... benefiting from fundamental research and risk analysis as well as technical tailwinds, such as supportive liquidity policies of central banks and a migration of the investible universe well beyond the US," Hall said. Benchmarked against the ICE BoFA ...

Dividends take hit, but will recover

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... than that seen during the GFC, fiscal and monetary stimulus should aid a quicker recovery. "The amount of government and central bank stimulus and support already exceeds that of the GFC, which may allow most companies to get through the downturn without ...