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ANZ nine-month cash profit down

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
ANZ Bank's third quarter cash profit for the financial year was down 3% to $5.2 billion as bad debt continues to claw at profits. The group highlighted an increase of 5% in profit before provisions, with income increasing at a quicker rate than expenses. ...

WAM Research achieves record outperformance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... benchmark by 23.5%. The company's fully franked full year dividend also increased to 8.5 cents per share. This represents a yield of 5.8%. The result contributed to total shareholder return of 24.3% for the period. Operating profit before tax increased ...

Opportunities ahead for Chinese outlet malls

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Despite slowing economic growth, a shift from investment and credit driven growth to consumer driven growth is a silver lining for China's outlet mall sector, according to new research from TH Real Estate. The research report examines the outlook for ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... although it's calculated in USD. According to the S&P Asia Fixed Income Index Dashboard, it rose 1.36% in July while its yield-to-maturity tightened 17 bps to 3.25%. Within the index, star performers were the S&P Indonesia Bond Index that climbed 3.36% ...

Rate cut would do little to help economy: WAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... ease rates would be to make Australia's fixed income market slightly less desirable for those investors on the hunt for yield. "All of the economies are calling that we need to ease monetary policy further to actually get inflation going. It's questionable ...

Is gold on the ceiling for Australian investors?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... rates, it is worth around 40 to 50% of the entire S&P 500. That kind of money invested in the S&P 500 would give you a cash yield of about $250 billion each year. Whereas owning that gold, you pay a negative yield to own it [longer-term]. Now how does ...

Aussie pension pros most confident about valuations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... compares to just 26% globally. "At the same time asset owners are adopting more sophisticated investment strategies, chasing yield in a low rate environment via more complex and illiquid alternative asset classes. This in turn is making it harder to ...

Pre-retirees adopting sharing economy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
An increasing number of pre-retirees are participating in the sharing economy in a bid to boost their wealth and income, according to the latest RateSetter Sharing Economy Trust Index. The bi-annual report measures the attitudes and behaviour of Australians ...

Absolute returns no longer the domain of instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... over the past three years, from large declines in commodity prices and the Australian dollar, to the continued flight to yield by many investors. In this environment capital preservation has become a key theme," Rosenbloom said. "As alternative investments ...

Bond investors must relax benchmark constraints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... globally diversified portfolios. There are a few reasons for this - firstly, the Australian bond market offers a positive yield. Secondly, clients want positive returns and so a positive benchmark is the logical performance measure. Finally, thanks to ...