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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... (-0.10ppts); and the Westpac MI Unemployment Expectations Index (-0.04ppts). Drags from US industrial production and the yield spread have been unchanged." Westpac senior economist, Matthew Hassan, notes that "Between December and May the six month annualised ...

PIMCO announces global layoffs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... clients as we seek consistent performance with a lower risk profile, while delivering on the objectives of high current yield and long-term capital appreciation," the memo said. The committee's statement concluded by saying: "Today is a difficult day ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Australian institutional investors have not achieved optimal exposure to emerging market debt over the past decade because they have depended on broad global bond strategies which have tended to avoid economies which are unduly perceived as very risky. ...

Bentham hires portfolio manager from Credit Suisse

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... quality asset classes, including senior secured loans, asset backed securities, capital securities, convertible bonds and high yield bonds. Conti's appointment follows a period of solid performance for the firm against a backdrop of challenging markets. ...

PE and VC critical to Aussie growth: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... time, but especially when the market is experiencing low returns globally. As super funds and other investors look for high yield investments, these returns underline the contribution PE and VC can make to portfolios," AVCAL chief executive Yasser El-Ansary ...

First Quadrant liquid alternative strategy added to HUB24

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
First Quadrant's Global Alternative Return Fund has been added to the HUB24 platform. The fund is a liquid alternative strategy investing in developed currency markets, aiming to deliver positive returns over full market cycles. It's available to wholesale ...

Global equities tease income opportunity

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... building income portfolios and instead review the opportunities presented by global equities. "Although international high yield investments do not carry franking credits, they offer access to attractive equity valuations in potentially unvalued markets ...

Fixed income investors turning to Serbia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... return-seeking lines. As a "core stable" example, he cited Sweden, which has an AAA credit rating, low inflation and 0.15% average yield in the covered bonds market. A good defensive option was buying protection in Lloyds Bank in the UK. Interestingly ...

BetaShares Managed Risk Series hits $200m

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... relevant to the SMSF and retiree market. HVST, the longest running BetaShares Managed Risk fund, has delivered a distribution yield (paid monthly) of over 12% p.a. which compares to a yield of approximately 5% p.a. from the S&P/ASX 50. At the same time ...

Charter Hall's FUM grows to $17bn

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
Charter Hall's Core Plus Office Fund (CPOF) has created a new wholesale trust with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI), together acquiring 100% of One Shelley Street, Sydney for $525 million. One Shelley Street, Sydney is 100% leased to Macquarie ...