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Good year for active managers in fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... Zenith's review of the universe. In the 12 months to April end, the Bloomberg Ausbond Composite Index (0+years) returned a net return of -1.19%. The median manager in Zenith's Australian Fixed Income (Bonds) category returned 0.30% over the same period. ...

Aussie investors optimistic about returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... survey finds. Aussie participants in the 2021 Natixis global survey said COVID-19 has not dampened their returns expectations, despite lowering this figure to 13.5% compared to the 13.8% they reported last year. Some 62% of participants were not impacted ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... 84,000 people, and was 1% higher in May 2021 than at the start of the pandemic." This is more than three times market expectations for a still not insignificant addition of 30,000 and disproving earlier apprehensions that around 100K-150,000 Australians ...

Chief economist update: A half-glass full look at inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... It'll be a good sign if the Fed - followed by other central banks - reduce policy accommodation tomorrow, indicating a return to pre-coronavirus normal.

Chief economist update: Iron ore is the glue that binds China and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... from Rio de Janeiro - where Vale S.A. (the country's largest iron ore miner) has its headquarters - is not expected to return to normal until June this year. Vale produced only 68 million tonnes in the January-March period, below expectations of ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 causes double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... prepare for better times ahead." Even better, Factset reports that "with the Q1 reporting season well underway, analyst expectations of Q1 profits have jumped considerably higher vs earlier expectations. Refinitiv IBES data showed EPS from STOXX 600 ...

Chief economist update: Chinese manufacturing ramps up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... months - from 51.4 in February. This marks a full year of expansion in the country's services sector, underpinned by the return to growth in new orders and new export orders. Most of the commentaries revolved around the lift in "export orders" due ...

Australians bullish on 2021 recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... behavior can help advisers to ensure their clients make rational investment decisions and better manage their investment expectations."

Frontier zeroes in on poor culture

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... cultural issues present. "These traits sit on top of, and are conducive to, the ability of the manager to deliver desired return outcomes. A failure here is likely indicative of imminent failure across other more quantifiable parts of their business," ...

Pahari's pay packet revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... strategy." She said the review has been completed and has provided the board and management with a clear framework for expectations and system design. "The comprehensive review of workplace conduct has also been completed and while it pleasingly found ...