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Fund managers should have personal stake: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... director David Harrison has also personally invested in one of the firm's funds. Charter Hall Direct Diversified Consumer Staples Fund (DCSF), which recently launched this month, invests in Australian companies such as Viva Energy, Bunnings and producers ...

Charter Hall launches fund, backs consumer spending

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... maintain their spending patterns with the launch of a direct, multi-sector fund targeted at precincts tied to consumer staples. The Charter Hall Direct Diversified Consumer Staples Fund (DCSF) launched this week with two retail and four industrial properties ...

Alternatives manager makes senior Australian hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... Lang has 20 years of industry experience and has successfully invested across a diverse range of sectors - from consumer staples and retail, to industrials and infrastructure. Member and head of KKR Australia, Scott Bookmyer said the team is thrilled ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... decreasing disposable income and dwindling savings, the Australian consumer has no choice but to cut back on spending - on both staples and discretionary, as the details of the ABS report reveals. This raises doubts over the RBA's optimistic outlook ...

Nothing to fear from robo-advice: Magellan

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... apps or similar. Five years ago Magellan's global equities investment portfolio was dominated by retailers and consumer staples companies, making up 45% of the overall investment. At the time, technology made up about 25%. Nowadays the portfolio is down ...

Emerging markets need a rethink

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... want the insurer that insures him when he buys his first car. For that reason, our portfolio is almost entirely consumer staples and financials," he said. The fund targets companies with a market cap above US$1 billion, an average daily trading volume ...

Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... commercial supply chain documentation becomes available on blockchain," the Data61 review said. Data61 group leader Mark Staples says looking at the range of critical requirements in specific contexts "helps us understand how blockchain-based systems ...

Banks come out on top for climate change disclosure

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... sustainability disclosure were: Consumer services: 20% of companies were rated "No reporting". Retail, food and beverage and staples: Each had 17% of companies rating as "No reporting". Telecommunications, software and services (14%) and media (11%) ...

Confidence slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... consumers are reining in discretionary spending - non-food retailing down 0.4% in February - and only buying essentials or staples - basic food retail up 0.3%. This is not surprising given low wage growth - 1.9% in the year to the December quarter - ...

Aussie investors push tobacco exclusions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... growth strategy and said it pairs well with an Australian equities mandate. "At one end we typically hold a lot of consumer staples because they're more durable and have nice economic returns plus the compounding rate of growth - whether it's in emerging ...