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Lockdown measures cost $4bn a week: Frydenberg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... Australian economy will lose $4 billion. Unemployment is also expected to double, to 10%, in the June quarter marking the highest unemployment rate in over two decades. "If these restrictions were increased even further, akin to the eight-week lockdown ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... angels," S&P Global Ratings said. These issuers, who have fallen from investment grade to speculative grade, are now at their highest level since 2015, and the number is only likely to increase further, the ratings house said. "Globally, fallen angels ...

Financial services boards overpaid: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... their directors are among the most handsomely rewarded. A new report released by Apollo Communications reveals the top 10 highest remuneration-to-market-cap ratio boards among Australia's largest companies include the likes of AMP, Link Group and ...

Queensland funds delay merger

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... merger are part of a "dedicated project team". "Work on this project doesn't impact on services to members which is our highest priority," QSuper said. "The team remains focussed on ensuring that the right long-term outcome is achieved for our members." ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... cheapened and coupon income is crucial in a world starved for yield." Relative value in equities Within equities, its highest conviction overweight is to US stocks while the highest-conviction underweight is to Euro area. "We are overweight US equities ...

COVID-19 ETP market winners, losers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... the Australian shares index falls at a ratio of around two to one. It experienced strong inflows in March and had the highest traded value of any product during the period, at just under $2 billion. This was for a fund that had just over $200 million ...

VIC, TAS lead Australia: CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... performance ranking hasn't been this strong since October 2009. Additionally, the ACT overtook NSW into third position with its highest ranking in over a year, leading the way on relative unemployment, housing finance and equipment investment. NSW slipped ...

Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... lockdown measures to try and contain the spread of the infection. Latest stats by worldometers.info put the UK with the sixth highest number of infected cases on the planet - 138,078 (as at April 23) - and the fifth in terms of the death count - 18,738 ...

Aussie ETF investors got oil bets wrong before crash

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... focusing on shorter-dated deliveries, and is the only such ETF exposure in Australia. Last week, OOO attracted the second-highest inflows of all ETFs in Australia (second to a shorting ETF), as investors put in net $35 million, likely expecting oil prices ...

AMP Capital shutters global equities fund for platform investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... $21.4 million in assets at February end and is managed by AllianceBernstein Investment Management Australia and had the highest sector weights to information technology and healthcare stocks. Recent performance for the platform class has been better ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:33PM
Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA  |   11:56AM
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:09AM
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:20PM
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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