Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1191 - 1200 of 3288 results for "yield"

Principal fund receives strong ratings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... chief executive Grant Forster said the firm is pleased with the ratings. "The fund was created for investors looking for yield in a low-interest rate world, but with capital preservation. Achieving these high rankings is a reflection of the portfolio ...

Raising rates on soybeans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
The US economy just recorded its fastest rate of expansion since the third quarter of 2014 and at a seasonally adjusted annualised rate of 2.9%, the September quarter's scorecard is more than double the previous period's 1.4% increase and also better ...

Macquarie Wrap adds global equity fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... Advantage Fund will now be available to investors in Macquarie's platform. The fund uses Epoch Investment Partners' shareholder yield strategy and Triple3 Partners' volatility management strategy; the goal, then, is to provide global equities exposure ...

UBS and Clarion launch global infrastructure fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
UBS Asset Management and CBRE Clarion Securities have launched a global listed infrastructure fund. The UBS Clarion Global Infrastructure Securities Fund is aimed at giving investors a stable income stream with a moderate - roughly 0.65, historically ...

Investors must look to dividend yield over growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
Exposure to higher dividend yield stocks can be beneficial to retiring investors seeking income, even at the expense of dividend growth, according to AXA Investment Managers. New research from the global asset manager discredits common misunderstandings ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... more-efficient--and, hence, more-productive--job matches. Finally, albeit more speculatively, strong demand could potentially yield significant productivity gains by, among other things, prompting higher levels of research and development spending and ...

IML senior portfolio manager resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... an income stream with lower volatility levels relative to the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index. It targets a distribution yield above 2% over the S&P/ASX 300 on a rolling four-year basis. It was established in January 2011 and has delivered 6.95% pa over ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... production (+0.40ppts) and globally-driven improvements in financial conditions reflected in the sharemarket (+0.20ppts) and the yield spread (+10ppts) components". In addition, Westpac continues to "see some improvement in in local components as well ...

Aussie bonds attractive to global investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank is seeing an increase in global pension funds and central banks attending its events and seeking expertise to better understand the Australian bond market. Addressing the bank's ninth Annual Global Markets Conference in Sydney ...

Lonsec rates Altius bond funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... highlight the importance of bond funds in investor portfolios. "Investors continue to be concerned about how to generate yield and income in the current market environment, with volatility an ever-present issue. Well-managed, nimble bond funds have a ...