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EOFY: Super funds to hit double digit returns

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... yet modest average return of 2.9%. The researcher notes that for 2016-17 many of the default super funds posting returns above 10% have high allocations to global equities with lower bond allocations. Illustrating this impact, 20% 12-month returns are ...

Family office takes asset manager stake to $55m

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... price of $65 million; the Lederer Group said it would commit $25 million to this trust, bringing its holdings to 4.5%. As above, this will take the family office's total investment in Centuria's funds management platforms to $55 million. Lederer said ...

Zagga pitches alternative asset class

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... executive Alan Greenstein told potential investors that the time had come for debt based products - providing access to returns above the cash rate at acceptable risk. "The problem investors have is that there is no yield out there," Greenstein said. ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... long-term interest rates." Factset data shows that the S&P 500 is currently trading at a forward P/E of 17.7 times earnings - above its five-year (13.7x), 10-year (14.1x) and 15-year (15.8x) averages. Despite this the VIX index - the fear gauge - remains ...

The 2016 Census as a guide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... increased by only one year - to 38 years in 2016 from 37 since 2006 - with the proportion of the population aged 65 years and above rising to 16% in 2016 from 14% in 2011. It's been kept relatively young by Asian-born immigrants - median age 35 years ...

BNP Paribas launches green trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... dynamics, resource scarcity, inadequate infrastructure and environmental constraints. The Trust seeks to achieve sustainable, above market returns over the long-term by investing globally in companies in the resource efficiency and environmental markets. ...

Oil's not so slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... non-members by 600,000 barrels per day starting 1 January 2017 and would last until the end of June 2017. Oil prices climbed above or around the US$50 per barrel psychological level as speculators front-run the November 2016 deal and the January 2017 ...

UBS cops $280,000 ASIC fine

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... relation to the orders." ASIC also found that UBS had submitted 924 trade reports to the same exchanges which included the above inaccurate data. "The provision of this regulatory data to market operators ensures that ASIC is able to obtain sufficient ...

Confidence: the business/household divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... business conditions index dipped by one point to a reading of +12 in May from +13 in the previous month, it remains well above its long-run average of +5. As NAB put it: "The strength looks to be quite broad-based, with all industries recording positive ...

Advisers preparing ahead of professional standards: Spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... partnered with a third party services provider to undergo further training. Another 18% said they have initiated "all of the above" including a review of industry code compliance. The remaining 40% of participants said they are doing nothing, and it ...