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New income trust plans to raise $350m

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... Securitised account. Gryphon's three-year-old Secured Opportunities account has returned 6.9% annualised which is 4.83% above the benchmark Bloomberg Ausbond Bank Bill Index, calculated at net of fees. Its Investment Grade Securitised targets superannuation ...

New trust lowers cost for retail access to corporate loan market

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... released in February, MXT met its IPO target return of the RBA cash rate plus 3.25% net of fees and consistently traded above net asset value. At the time, Lockhart said: "In today's volatile equities markets, against the backdrop of a low interest-rate ...

PIMCO sells Aussie banks as correction looms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... Australian credit thanks to favourable macroeconomic conditions and continued positive technicals," the group is less rosy on the above sectors as well as utilities and retailers. This is because, the report explained, the valuations suggested by tight ...

Chief economist update: She'll be right, mate!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... NAB business survey showed that business confidence dipped by just 2 points to a reading of +9 in February that remained above its long-term average of +6. Even better, Australian business conditions rose by 3 points to a reading of +21 last month. This ...

Cooper Investors grows retail presence

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... this year, Rainmaker data shows. It produced a net return of 20.5% in the 12 months to 28 February, 2018, which is 3.3% above the benchmark MSCI AC World Index. Average annual return for the last five years is 16.1%, the fund manager said in a statement. ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... to outperform, this propensity to outperform has increased. In 2015 the researcher found 63% of women-led funds achieved above average returns but by 2017 this outperformance climbed to about 70%. Male dominated super funds were in contrast equally likely ...

Insto mandate seeds Aviva fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... been allowed to persist because of this enormous QE." Munro is buoyed by local currency emerging market bonds which are above domestic inflation and have real yields. He believes a lot of people are assuming US interest rates are on the move upwards ...

NPP to take super by storm: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... return, the switch to real-time payments from the average two-day lag could save members $19.2 million annually. "This is above and beyond the savings available for members through greater administrative efficiency for all stakeholders in the system ...

Chief economist update: Australia low on credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... translate into faster wages growth. The Wage Price Index (WPI) grew by 2.1% in the year to the December quarter, marginally above the previous quarter's 2% and not far above the record slowest 1.9% growth in the June quarter. A bit dated perhaps, but ...

Netwealth doubles managed account FUM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... achieved in the prior corresponding period. Netwealth said it now expects to achieve FY18 net profit after tax of three to 5% above prospectus forecast, based on current economic and market conditions and assumptions including netflows, transaction volumes ...