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Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... factor-tilted equities (47.5%), index equities (15%), US bonds (17.5%), private equity (10%), emerging market bonds (10%) and high-yield bonds (10%). This portfolio carried a higher standard deviation of 13.2%, meaning that putting aside any alpha generated ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
If you want to understand the US and global economies and where they're going, you've got to think outside the box because sometimes the most obvious realities are the hardest to see. That was the key message from Principal Global Investors' chief global ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... policy meeting. The Policy Board kept the policy interest rate unchanged at -0.1%, maintained its 10-year government bond yield target at around zero and JGB purchases "at more or less the current pace -- an annual pace of increase of about 80 trillion ...

Asset management more complex than ever

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... factor-tilted equities (47.5%), index equities (15%), US bonds (17.5%), private equity (10%), emerging market bonds (10%) and high-yield bonds (10%). This portfolio also carried a higher standard deviation of 13.2%. Anderson noted that "this isn't the ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Future Fund chairman Peter Costello is adamant the global investment environment remains risky and offers little return, weighing considerably on the $127 billion sovereign wealth fund's strategy. Announcing a 7.8% return for the 2016 calendar year ...

Perpetual multi-asset fund recommended

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Lonsec and Zenith have upgraded ratings of the Perpetual Diversified Real Return Fund. The fund is now 'Recommended' by both ratings houses following its strong performance. Before tax and fees the fund achieved returns of 9% per annum as at 31 December ...

Contango joins forces for large-cap ETP

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
Contango Asset Management will be the manager for a new exchange-traded product launching on the ASX in February. The Switzer Dividend Growth Fund, for which Switzer Asset Management is the responsible entity, is a large-cap equity ETP targeting high-yielding ...

Bond funds complete circle for Legg Mason

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
Legg Mason Australia managing director Andy Sowerby says launching two bond funds in the second half of 2016 completed any previous gaps in fixed income offerings. Sowerby told a media briefing in Sydney that the investment market may not have entirely ...

Instos must stress test: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
To make the most of 2017, institutional investors will need to be across market fragmentation, the shift from monetary to fiscal stimulus, capital abundance and long-term structural change. Global consultant Mercer says these themes all present risks ...

Last chance to attend Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
The 2017 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum is once again set to unveil the thoughts and forecasts from some of the top economic minds in Australia and the globe. Held at The Westin Sydney on 31 January and Grand Hyatt Melbourne on 2 February ...