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Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... JANA's advice encompasses the entire organisational value chain covering areas including regulatory and industry trends, benchmark reporting, investment belief statements, ESG and related policies, investment strategy, manager selection and monitoring ...

Chief economist update: The corona crash of 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... scheduled 17-18 March FOMC meeting, where it's expected to cut interest rates again. The Bank of Canada (BOC) cuts its benchmark interest rates by 50 basis points to 1.25%. The Bank of England (BOE) also slashed interest rates by 50 bps to 0.25% ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... war which saw oil futures plunge more than 30%. Nearly $140 billion was wiped from the S&P/ASX 200 yesterday, as the benchmark fell 7.3% or 455 points. It was the biggest intraday percentage fall for the local benchmark since the Global Financial Crisis. ...

Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... towards value stocks. It's a hard industry to crack, with mortality rates running high and most funds not beating the benchmark. "Of the thematic funds launched globally prior to 2015, 69% have survived," Morningstar said. "Of those that have survived ...

Northern Trust climbs custody league tables

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Northern Trust has rocketed up the asset servicing performance tables, after adding almost 30% to its assets under custody in the second half of 2019. The Australian Custodial Services Association's latest asset servicing industry statistics show Northern ...

Mid and small-caps outperform in 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... released its annual SPIVA Australia Scorecard; a report measuring the performance of active funds against their respective benchmark indices - and mid and small-caps have come out on top. Surveying returns from 829 Australian equity funds, 420 international ...

TCorp launches new bond

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
The investment manager of the New South Wales public sector has launched a new benchmark bond with a coupon rate of 2%, set to mature in March 2033. Strong investor demand saw the bond raise $1 billion, attracting a yield of 1.565%. TCorp head of funding ...

Janus Henderson to launch active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... Index (equally weighted). It has been running since 2009 and delivered 5.07% per annum net of fees, higher than the benchmark return of 4.40%. Recent performance has been strained, with the fund slipping under benchmark performance on both a three and ...

Super tax concessions out of hand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... large as the cost of the Age Pension, and growing at double the rate. Pointing to the latest release of Treasury's Tax Benchmark and Variations Statement, the Institute notes super tax concessions are expected to reach $41.3 billion in 2019-20, and are ...

China vaccinates against corona

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... drastic action at quarantining cities and regions infected by the virus, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut its benchmark one-year loan prime rate (LPR) by 10 basis points to 4.05% and the five-year rate from 4.8% to 4.75% on February 20. This ...