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Bleak year for dividend growth in Australia

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020

... higher on an underlying growth basis. However, Australia was one of the laggards, and among the weakest of the developed markets. Australian paid about $55.5 billion in dividends, falling back to 2015 levels of $55.2 billion. Big, special dividends from ...

Future Fund returns 14.3% for the year

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020

... quarter to 13.7% at the end of December. Its asset allocation at December end sat at: Global equities (19% in developed markets and 10.2% in emerging markets), private equity (14.9%), cash (13.7%), alternatives (13.4%), debt securities (8.6%), infrastructure ...

China still positive despite unrest

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019

... and Chinese indicators have been stabilising. This may project a diminishing growth gap between emerging and developed markets, which should support EM currencies versus the US dollar for a while," Buchet says. "Considering the relative value between ...

Global fixed income trust launched

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019

... currency management over a full market cycle," MFS said. MFS said the trust will focus on issuers located in developed markets, as well as investing in emerging markets. "It invests in corporate government issuers and mortgage-backed and other asset ...

Look to 2008 survivors: Ausbil

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019

... affected by the top-down environment. The Ausbil Global SmallCap Fund's investment universe captures 23 global developed markets with over 4000 securities. Ausbil chief executive Ross Youngman said: "Our global small caps team applies both fundamental ...

Future Fund returns 11.5%, crosses $160bn

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019

... chief executive David Neal said. Asset allocation at June end stood at: Aussie equities (7% of the portfolio), developed markets listed equities (18.5%), emerging markets listed equities (10%), private equity (15.8%), property (6.7%), infrastructure ...

Asset manager eyes Australian market

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019

... while having lower leverage and higher corporate cash levels than in the US, with default rates in line with developed markets. "Our investment philosophy is based on fundamental, long term and bottom-up analysis of companies across the region. We have ...

Westpac names business arm chief executive

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019

... Prior to HSBC, Lima spent over 13 years at McKinsey & Company, leading client relationships across emerging and developed markets in retail and wholesale banking and wealth. He was appointed partner in 2007. Lima takes over from general manager of commercial ...

Emerging markets must be long-term bet

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018

One of the world's largest asset managers estimates emerging markets equities will outperform developed markets by 2.75 percentage points over the next 10 to 15 years. Releasing its 2019 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions (LTCMA) in Australia this ...

Vanguard to launch new ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018

... in Australia to offer broadly diversified international small cap exposure to about 3910 holdings across 19 developed markets globally. It will allow more investors to tap into in the long-term growth potential typical of the international small companies ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI | 12:42PM

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI | 12:34PM

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI | 12:17PM

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA | 12:29PM

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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