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S&P 500 rebounds from COVID-losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... services (+1.09%) and information technology (+0.39) lead the gains amongst the different sectors. Energy (-1.71), financials (-0.67%) and industrials (-0.54%) led the losses, with Yang saying the performance of the sectors showed a mixed, even bearish ...

How to make sense of reporting season

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... are expected to fall almost -20%, while the UK is expected to report close to a -40% drop given the large exposure to financials and energy," it said. "Looking forward, the key is around the shape of the recovery, with consensus earnings currently implying ...

State Street warns of dot-com parallels

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... current market environment had been testing for fundamental investors. "Searching out proven business models with solid financials that can generate free cash flow and are more resilient to economic shocks would appear to be out of vogue," he said. "In ...

Top equities managers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... active managers." The top performing sectors over one year were healthcare, IT, and consumer staples, while energy, financials and real estate underperformed. Over the past three months, IT, consumer discretionary and energy sectors outperformed the ...

Capital Group appoints ESG head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... more than 20 years of experience, all with Schroders. She initially joined the firm as a research analyst covering financials and utilities in 1997 and has worked as a fund manager on the UK equity team. In her last role, she led a team of ESG analysts ...

Chi-X releases viral TraCRs stocks

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... latest tranche of Chi-X TraCRs complements a growing list of US names that cover the technology sector, industrials, financials and consumer staples. As more Australians attempt to take advantage of market dislocation by opening trading accounts and ...

Capital raisings top $27bn, dividends down $10bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... deferrals remain at just over $1 billion, meaning all capital management initiatives total $38.56 billion. The data shows financials dominate dividend reductions against the other sectors, accounting for over $8 billion. Of the big banks, Westpac leads ...

S&P kicks companies off ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... at an all-time high. Thus, the big question, 'Who made the cut?' is perhaps more relevant now than ever before." In financials, Wells Fargo re-entered the index after being kicked out last year. Its overall ESG score actually fell, but its ranking within ...

Death of dividends greatly exaggerated: Epoch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... dividends, as it can vary greatly by geography and by sector. "Two sectors that are typically hit hard during recessions are financials, as we have already seen in Australia, they are always at the centre of the storm, as well as consumer discretionary ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... temporary." Industries highly likely to reduce dividends are travel, casinos, retail shopping and energy, he said. While financials (ex-banks), metals, discretionary healthcare and building industries are at medium risk of reducing dividends. Sectors ...