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Plato fund oversubscription heralds income appetite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... income than the market, and optimise it for a zero-taxpayer. A retiree has clear benefits from franking; we can get a 5% yield from the equity market and an extra 2% yield from franking, resulting in a target 7% income on a forward-looking basis," Birtles ...

PIMCO fund "Highly Recommended"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... volatility, can be helpful for investors in constructing a diversified investment portfolio, particularly in a world where yield is hard to come by." In discussing the funds' approach, Murata said: "Some income funds focus mainly on corporate bonds and ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... overinterpreted." The ECB was correct in nipping these rate hike speculations in the bud, lest rising interest rates - the yield on 10-year euro bonds jumped from 0.37% a day prior to the ECB's 9 March meeting to 0.43% the following day and 0.48% the ...

Charter Hall fund debuts on multiple platforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... see a noticeable increase in interest for institutionally managed direct property funds, which are providing a starting yield to investors above 6% for high-quality assets with conservative gearing." "Despite the recent broader listed market volatility ...

Two-year road to Brexit begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... The British pound dipped a bit from US$1.2450 to US$1.2438; The FTSE-100 index gained a bit, up 0.4% on the day; and the yield on 10-year UK gilts slipped by 4 bps to 1.15%. Perhaps this is because May's move was largely expected or it's still too early ...

Goldman Sachs launches junk bond ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
New-York based financial firm Goldman Sachs is planning to launch an ETF which will invest in high-yield corporate debt, according to documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The ETF will track an index of dollar-denominated bonds ...

Fund manager appoints managing director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... Bank. Aura also welcomed Brett Craig as a director within the business. Craig will be the portfolio manager for a new High Yield SME Fund, which will be launched to market in the coming months. Officially joining the firm on 1 March also, Craig has been ...

Younger investors flock to offshore equities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Generation X and Y investors have a marked preference for international stocks compared to their elders, according to the latest research from nabtrade. In the 12 months to 31 January 2017, nabtrade found Gen X investors raised their turnover of international ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... 2.7% drop in the Russell 2000 index - small US companies that would benefit more from Trump's "America First" policy. The yield on 10-year US Treasuries declined nine basis points to 2.4% and inflation expectations - measured by the difference between ...

Record adviser numbers attend Sydney ABDO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... US and Europe are at 0% - the Reserve Bank of Australia is more concerned about what happens to the currency due to that yield differential than they are about arduously low interest rates," Carleton said. "Rates could rise irrespective of what is going ...