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Property fund hires manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
The fund manager of a $450 million office real estate trust has jumped ship to another manager. Grant Nichols who ran the roughly $450 million Australian Unity Office Fund is taking over as the fund manager of the $850 million Centuria Metropolitan ...

Chief economist update: Bottom line slows down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on its Business Indicators, Australia report for the third quarter of this year makes for sober reading for investors dabbling in the country's share market (that makes all Australians ...

Fiducian acquires Perth financial planning firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The ASX-listed wealth and advice business is acquiring a Perth-based financial planning business that advises about $73 million of client money. Fiducian Group is spending $1.66 million on the acquisition component of the deal, funded from cash. Once ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... investment is expected to increase." The latest capex spending plans proved the RBA's expectations to be true. As per the ABS, "This is 4.4% higher than Estimate 4 for 2017-18. Estimate 4 is 11.3% higher than Estimate 3 for 2018-19." Still, the RBA's ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the capex details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... expectations for a 1% pick up. That's the headline splattered on our screens when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest report: Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia, Sep 2018. The headline numbers ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
More investors are turning to fixed income ETFs as a way to finetune their bond portfolios. Karren Vergara finds out what is driving the demand and why this new wave of defensive ETFs is here to stay. Recalling the sharp market correction that stung ...

Chief economist update: Faster wages growth a one-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... Australia level was 2.3%, the highest growth rate since September quarter 2015." That's Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) chief economist Bruce Hockman talking about the results of the Wage Price Index (WPI) report that showed wages - total hourly ...

Aussie funds among the world's largest asset owners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
Nine Australian funds, including four superannuation funds, have ranked among the world's largest asset owners in a new study. The inaugural Asset Owner 100 study from Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute looked at the world's ...

Chief economist update: As safe as Australian houses?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... dangerous, be careful." This is because Australian property prices are on the down low. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Residential Property Price Index' report showed the weighted average of eight capital cities house prices ...

Yarra targets wholesale market

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
Melbourne-based boutique manager Yarra Capital Management recently opened its absolute credit strategy to wholesale and high-net-worth investors. The Yarra Absolute Credit Fund was previously available to institutional investors but new demand from ...