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Industry fund awards currency mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
A $55 billion profit-for-members fund has awarded a $350 million mandate to a global currency manager. Sunsuper awarded the active currency mandate to Record Currency Management, which the fund hopes will generate risk-adjusted returns using the manager's ...

Private debt attractive for instos: Sahota

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... as senior secured debt, real estate backed loans, and the mezzanine tranches of Australian and NZ asset backed securities (ABS). For now, the fund is leaving out corporate debt, which it sees dominated by the banks, and infrastructure debt. Australia's ...

Chief economist update: Forget asking for a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
It's good and...it's bad. The statistician's estimates of the Australian labour market for April provide something to crow about for the optimists and the pessimists alike. As the bulls would have it (that includes the Coalition government ...

Chief economist update: All Ords rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... remained sluggish - up 2.1% in the December 2017 quarter from 2% in the previous quarter. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release the March 2018 quarter update. Expectations are for wages growth to remain steady at 2.1% but based on its ...

More mums in the workforce: ABS

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... their health was good, very good or excellent. This is compared to 76% of single mums feeling the same way. On average the ABS said partnered mums rated life satisfaction at 7.8 out of 10 - higher than 6.9 for single mums, but lower than eight out of ...

Kapstream appoints analyst, promotes internally

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
Kapstream Capital welcomed a new credit analyst this week and announced internal promotions for three of its investment team members. Joining the Janus Henderson-owned fixed income manager as a credit analyst is Pauline Chrystal. She has nine years' ...

Volatility divides investors: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
As volatility and interest rate movements remain top concerns for investors, many are divided on the impact these risks will have on portfolio returns, the latest Natixis Investment Managers survey shows. About eight-in-ten (78%) of the 200 fund researchers ...

InvestSMART to launch active ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
InvestSMART will launch an initial public offering for an actively-managed equity income ETF on May 14. The InvestSMART Australian Equity Income Fund (managed fund), trading under the ticker code INIF, will mirror InvestSMART's Australian Equity Income ...

Trustee firm lists $2bn in RMBS debt securities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... also launched products based on RMBS. The median investor invests around $750 million in RMBS and Asset-backed securities (ABS) and most have capacity for more, according to the 2018 Australian Securitisation Investor Report released last month. The ...

Macquarie platform, wrap businesses soar

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
Macquarie Group's platform, wrap and managed accounts businesses performed strongly in the full-year to 31 March 2018, latest financial results show. Macquarie Wrap and Vision held $82.5 billion in funds under management, jumping 14% from the previous ...