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Nikko handed Japanese fixed income mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Nikko Asset Management Australia's fixed income team has been awarded its first Japanese institutional mandate, effective this month. The fund manager said the new partnership, which sees Nikko AM manage a tailored Australian fixed income solution for ...

Aspen Group to consider restructure and acquisition

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... and New South Wales (one). The weighted average capitalisation rate of the portfolio is 12.9%, with a passing net income yield of 11.4%. As part of the proposal Aspen Group would also be required to undertake an off-market buyback at a price of $1.20 ...

Planners turning to annuities and outcome funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Financial planners are increasingly turning away from cash and term deposits for their retirement clients while annuities and outcome-orientated funds are becoming more popular destinations for new client money instead, according to the latest retirement ...

Trilogy Trust added to Powerwrap platform

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... requests from financial advisers. Trilogy Funds managing director Philip Ryan said the move was timely, as advisers sought yield for their clients while maintaining portfolio diversification outside of the current volatility in equity markets. "The Trilogy ...

Plato fund highly rated by SQM

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... and is well on its way to delivering its target 6% net income in its first year, approximately 4% higher than the typical yield on the MSCI World Ex Australia (global shares) Index. Plato managing director Dr Don Hamson welcomed the rating which recognises ...

Legg Mason Brandywine gets nod from Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... style. The global opportunistic strategy avoids "hugging" the fixed income benchmark and instead invests according to a 'real yield' philosophy. The fund selects investments based on their merit, underlying macroeconomic fundamentals and valuation to ...

Western AM says credit to be positive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... more acute in higher-beta sectors/industries. Long investment-grade corporates, the energy subsector and lower-rated high yield are at valuations also consistent with recession," he said. "When you compare what the market is pricing, with what Western ...

Confused environment leads to Aussie stock volatility

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
A confused global macroeconomic environment, combined with a dominant passive style of investment management, explains volatile Australian stock prices during the reporting season. This is the view of Avoca Investment Management portfolio manager John ...

Mercer issues super fund imperatives

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
A superannuation industry consultant believes that in 2016, fund investment strategies will need to have a stronger focus on individual members with tailored asset allocations based on demographics. As part of a wide-ranging paper that addresses Mercer's ...

RBF awards $175m credit mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... RBF's lifecycle option RBF MyPath. Shenkman Capital, with over 30 years of history as a firm, is a pioneer of the US high yield market. Headquartered in New York, New York, Shenkman also has offices in Stamford, CT and London, UK.