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LIC fund reopens to investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... return since inception; 17 out of 18 months reported positive returns. It pays quarterly distributions targeting a 5% income yield and charges a 12.5% performance fee. The fund manager's fee structure does not charge fees unless it makes a positive return ...

Super funds embrace derivatives to meet retirement goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... derivatives not only for risk management, but for dynamic asset allocation, physical security replacement and to enhance yield," he said. And amid the Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPR) or MyRetirement discussions, it should include ...

Life insurance M&A outlook gloomy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... increase the value of the business and to expand efficiently." The report noted life insurers overall are "hard hit by the low yield environment" compared to other types of insurers. They are unable to achieve sufficient investment returns on annuities ...

Global asset manager expands Australian offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... interest rate rises on the horizon, there is a need to recalibrate fixed income exposure to reduce volatility and capture yield opportunities," Grobler said. The fund's objective is to generate a consistent level of income and maintain a stable level ...

Fund managers should have personal stake: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... recently launched Magellan Global Trust. The listed investment trust targets retail investors with 4% cash distribution yield, holding up to35 global securities. "Companies such as Alphabet (the owner of Google), Apple, Microsoft, Nestle, PayPal and ...

Aurora CFO terminated as $1m vanishes from listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... year, WAM called for an extraordinary general meeting to remove Aurora as the responsible entity (RE) for the Hastings High Yield (HHY) Fund. Aurora remains the RE and has since made a takeover bid for all of HHY's ordinary units such that they would ...

No big deal or not yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Perhaps 'twas because of the Thanksgiving holiday or it could be that everybody and their dogs were busy gearing up for the Black Friday sale that the big drop in China's stock market last Thursday got just a little hoo-ha last week. Even the S&P/ASX ...

Leading asset consultant makes specialist hire from NAB

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... Commenting on Tran's appointment, Frontier head of debt, alternatives and innovation Justine O'Connell said: "In the current low yield investment environment our clients have implemented a range of yield enhancement strategies across global credit markets. ...

The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... term". The chart below shows the movement in inflation expectations - as measured by the differential between the nominal yield on US Treasuries and those of Treasury inflation protected securities (TIPS) of the same maturity. The rebound in inflation ...

Japan on reverse cycle?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... it has. At its last policy meeting (30-31 October), the BOJ kept policy unchanged - interest rate at -0.1%; 10-year JGB yield target at around 0% and asset purchases at an annual pace of ¥80 trillion - and promised that the bank will continue with "Quantitative ...