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Australia tanks in global dividend index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... team echoed Crooke's comments in urging Australian investors to consider off-shore markets for dividends. "High dividend stocks in Australia have pretty dreadful earnings per share forecasts but there are fantastic US companies moving to dividend payouts ...

Factor investing sees new customised approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... a large pension portfolio recently approached Northern Trust and asked if they could replicate tobacco with non-tobacco stocks. Hunstad said it's an interesting exercise because the answer is yes from a risk perspective. "I can create a portfolio which ...

Ethics and income not incompatible: Martin Currie

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... 'sustainable income'." Using the initial screen Martin Currie applies for its Equity Income strategy on the ASX 200, around 100 stocks remain which are: likely to "pay a higher-than-market-average dividend in the next 12 months, meet quality/risk criteria ...

Multi-factor investing applies to credit too: Robeco

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... cheaper equities do. Triple A-rated bonds tend to have higher Sharpe ratios than BB-rated bonds, just has higher quality stocks tend to have higher Sharpe ratios than more cyclical stocks. Rebeco combines these factors in a portfolio so that none is ...

SMSFs have cash top of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... increase in volatility from December to February." "The recent performance of popular picks such as resource and banking stocks have highlighted a need for some SMSFs to diversify and see managed funds as more attractive. But there is still an overall ...

VanEck global infrastructure ETF goes live

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... over time, reducing the risk of concentration in any particular sub-sector or country. The newly-launched ETF weights its stocks according to three broad industry sectors: utilities (50%), transportation (30%), and a 20% mix of other sectors including ...

Higher recession risk creates opportunity in large miners: Lazard

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
As the valuations of residential property and bank stocks have risen, so too has the risk that they will face a snap-back that could trigger a recession in the Australian economy, according to Lazard Asset Management. "House prices in Australia are ...

Fintechs to drive Australia's economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Fintechs feature predominantly in a new list recognising superior leadership in technology and services innovation throughout Australia and New Zealand, but wealth management's representation is sparse. Yesterday H2 Ventures and Investec launched the ...

BoJ now top 10 shareholder in 200 stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... shareholder in about 40 Nikkei 225 companies by the end of 2017. The BoJ has been left with little choice but to invest in stocks having already pursued quantitative easing via bond purchases and also negative interest rates. "To critics already wary ...

Beulah Capital partners with $1tn global asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... Templeton Investments, Beulah's International Equities Portfolio will give Australian investors direct access to international stocks and will be available through Beulah and HUB24's investment platform. "The strategy allows Aussie investors to invest ...