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Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... million package of emergency funds announced only three days earlier; the European Union plans to launch a €37 billion euro investment initiative, allow flexibility on budget deficits and use €1 billion in funding to guarantee company loans. The ...

Hermes handbags an emerging asset class for UHNWs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
There's now an index that tracks the value of collectable Hermes bags and they returned 13% in 2019, beating annual returns of other collectables like cars, jewellery, art and rare whisky. Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index, for the first time, added ...

PIMCO to manage Allianz Real Estate portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
The fixed income juggernaut will take over management and oversight of the Allianz Real Estate's $125 billion portfolio, bringing it under its private strategies lineup. PIMCO is owned by Allianz Group and the two have agreed to transition the oversight ...

Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
COVID-19, despite its obvious health hazards and hysteria-spooked market volatility, can actually be an opportunity for investors, enabling them to purchase the market's darlings at discounted prices. That's according to Paul Taylor, portfolio ...

Chief economist update: The corona crash of 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
"Danger, Will Robinson!" Danger! Danger! Pick a stock market, any stock market and chances are it's now in a bear market or heading there, struck down by coronaphobia. Yes Virginia, the bears came out of hibernation in full force. There was no place ...

Chief economist update: The cure for Italy's tourism problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Italy, it seems, is getting everything that it wished for courtesy of one microscopic organism. Long before the COVID-19 epidemic spread, the Italian government implemented new rules and regulations in an attempt to reduce over tourism including; prohibiting ...

Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
The global thematic funds landscape has increased almost threefold over the past three years, with assets under management swelling to $295 billion (US$195 billion) worldwide. That's according to the latest Morningstar report, which analyses the key ...

RBA expected to cut again; maybe even tomorrow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Finder's RBA Cash Rate Survey found 90% of economists believe there will be a rate cut in 2020, with 15% expecting the cut to come tomorrow. Graham Cooke, insights manager at Finder, said 20 economists specifically called out the threat of the coronavirus. ...

Challenger boutique winds up fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
Aussie small caps manager Kinetic Investment Partners is terminating its last-standing retail fund as assets dwindle, but will continue to manage institutional money. Last Friday, investors in the Kinetic Emerging Companies Fund were notified of the ...

TCorp launches new bond

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... investment manager made its first offshore issuance in Euros last week, releasing a 30-year EUR60 million fixed rate note. The Euro bond was priced at 0.609% and is due 24 February 2050. Trigona said the new Euro bond would diversify TCorp's investor ...