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Infrastructure's diversification benefits timely: Clearbridge

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... resulting in a contraction in price earnings multiples for utilities. "Utility and wireless towers companies in the S&P 500 Index sold off roughly 10.5%, creating a challenging environment for infrastructure portfolios built around these steady, defensive ...

J.P. Morgan lists fixed income ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... is listed on the ASX. JPGB is the second fixed income active ETF that the global asset manager has brought to the local market, leveraging the same strategy as the JPMorgan Global Bond Fund (mutual fund). With inflation starting to cool and growing signs ...

Private markets make concrete inroads with advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... Investment Council (AIC). In the recent years, Spire capital director and head of investments Stuart Haigh has seen the private market sector, particularly in the northern hemisphere, lobby governments around the world to give retail markets better accessible ...

Income investors to thrive in 2024: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... Core Bond Index experienced a significant rise from 1.2% to 5.4%. However, the dividend yield of the Morningstar US Market Index increased only slightly from 1.2% to 1.5% over the same period. According to the report, selecting dividend-paying stocks ...

Global X slashes ETF fees

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... 0.30% and 0.19% respectively. Global X ETFs said USHY, which tracks the Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Index, aims to provide local investors with a simple way to invest in high-yield bonds from developed countries across the world ...

SMSF Association, CA ANZ rally against super tax changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... unrealised gains will have "unintended consequences and erratic outcomes." "Taxing unrealised capital gains is a tax on market movements and changes in asset values, not income - an alarming precedent as it represents a fundamental change in how tax ...

Betashares launches cash plus managed fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... fund) (MMKT) offers investors access to a diversified portfolio that includes Australian dollar cash and short-term money market securities. According to Betashares, most money market securities in the portfolio have a maturity of three months or less ...

Private equity, venture capital outperform listed assets: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... local PE has delivered a consistent long-term performance. On the other hand, it said local VC returns are driven by recent market performance and investments are largely unrealised. "In Australia, PE strategies account for a significant amount of capital ...

Quality is worth paying for in 2024: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
... income and capital appreciation. "We think weaker growth should contribute to lower interest rate expectations," it said. "Market expectations that the Fed will not cut rates below 4% within the next five years are overly hawkish in our view. And in ...

Macquarie brings long-awaited ETFs to market

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... months helping build Macquarie's new ETF platform," Hannon said. "Having spent quite some time in the Australian ETF market I can say starting an ETF platform from scratch is no easy task, however, the team here have done an amazing job in creating ...