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Australian private equity driving M&A

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
Australian private equity has boosted M&A activity by 16% over the last year, according to MinterEllison. New research from the law firm shows the healthcare sector was the biggest contributor to this, with private equity activity increasing significantly ...

Property manager launches new fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
Listed real estate funds manager Folkestone intends to launch a new fund in 2017, aimed at co-financing the development of a hotel at Sydney's Green Square. The Folkestone Green Square Hotel Fund plans to launch in March by raising about $22.5 million ...

EM currencies potential alpha source

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Debt denominated in local currencies in the emerging markets sector presents an interesting opportunity for Australian investors, according to Man GLG. Man GLG head of emerging market debt strategies, Guillermo Osses, believes that despite the recent ...

Challenger reveals key annuity relationships

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Challenger has announced two new annuity relationships with Australian and international partners. Challenger's full range of annuity products will now be available through AMP's investment and administration platforms and will also be available through ...

EM equities beating global indices: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Emerging market equities have outperformed global indices over 2016's third quarter after several years of underperformance, according to VanEck research. VanEck emerging markets equity portfolio manager David Semple explained that while EM has "generally ...

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just published its October World Economic Outlook (WEO) report and true to form, it's once more taking down earlier more optimistic forecasts. In October 2015, the IMF saw world economic output growing brightly ...

Watershed SMA makes the right calls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  SUNDAY, 11 SEP 2016
Over a difficult trading year to July 30, where world markets dipped into the red, the Watershed International ETF SMA delivered 6.86% p.a. gross return for its investors, outpacing its benchmark the MSCI World Index (AUD) which lost 2.48%, giving outperformance ...

Future Generation marks first year with strong performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Future Generation Investment Company (FGX) and Future Generation Global Investment Company (FGG) have delivered their first full year results. FGX has reported a 28.6% lift in after-tax profit, jumping to $14.62 million from $11.37 million last year. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Australia leading index The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity inched up by 0.1% in July, partially reversing the previous month's 0.2% fall. More important, the six-month annualised growth rate in the index - indicating ...

K2 hurt by Brexit call

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
K2 Asset Management says investor confidence was "the only true fatality" coming out of the Brexit referendum and it is encouraging investors to ride out the ebbs and flows of equity markets. In releasing the firm's FY16 results, chairman Campbell Neal ...