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Private equity firm confirms $2.2bn bid

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... before implementation of the scheme, options or performance rights would be acquired or cancelled, net debt would not rise above $1.1 billion, that Vocus will not have less than a normalised level of working capital at completion and earnings before ...

Better, but not good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... OECD per capita GDP growth remains over 1/2 percentage point weaker and global growth overall, projected to rise to just above 31/2 per cent by 2018, also lags." And risks remain. The OECD highlighted the financial risk from elevated and rising credit ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... figures. Looking forward, economic growth is still expected to increase gradually over the next couple of years to a little above 3 per cent." The latest figures take the annual growth rate in Australia's economy to 1.72% in the year to the March quarter ...

Value of advice still unclear: IOOF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... benefits, such as sleeping better at night, while for others value lies in the more tangible benefits, such as tax minimisation, above average returns or low fees," IOOF group general manager, wealth management Renato Mota said. Mota believes financial ...

New cash ETF for UBS

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... its head of fixed income. The UBS IQ Cash ETF is not a substitute for term deposits; it aims to deliver superior returns above the 1.5% cash rate while covering management fees of 0.18%, Australia head of fixed income Anne Anderson told a media roundtable. ...

Governance professional joins SMSFA board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... said being invited to join the board of the association is a privilege and an honour. "This is an organisation that punches above its weight. It has a wide-reaching sphere of influence for both advisers and trustees and a knowledgeable team that advocates ...

Fund manager sells all shares ahead of crash

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... overvalued and dangerous time in this cycle. From a bottom up perspective Altair's analysts' valuations were indicating sells above their target levels or were at best were severely overstretched even after we upgraded our targets several times this ...

No spend, no inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... "recovery", instead it talked about an economic "expansion" - the most optimistic the BOJ had been in nine years - and of above-potential growth or a positive output gap. To wit, "Japan's economy has been turning toward a moderate expansion. Although ...

Global real estate investors too nonchalant: Man GPM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... years into a US real estate bull market that has seen prices in some areas, such as US commercial real estate, rising 39% above their previous record peaks. Although no one knows the timing of the next downward correction in real estate, it seems likely ...

Fees at the innovation frontline

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... over the next two years, followed by an ongoing reduction to 0.35%. The performance fee is 10% of the net excess return above the MSCI Emerging Markets (Net) Index, with what Remerga chief investment officer Craig Mercer describes as a "high watermark." ...