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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
US JOLTS report The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed that job openings in America fell by 97K to 5.53 million in October (in line with expectations) from 5.63 million in the previous month (upwardly revised from 5.49 million), taking ...

Small caps and corporate activity drive LIC performance

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... Investments, both offer good value trading close to pre-tax NTA at 31 October and are below their three year average premium. IIR analyst Peter Rae said: "October was an active quarter with the pipeline of listings, capital raisings and corporate action ...

Concentrated funds outperform diversified

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... 55% of funds with greater diversification outperformed the index and generated excess returns. Zenith senior investment analyst, Quan Nguyen said: "The generally accepted drawback of concentrated funds is that there will be a higher degree of performance ...

AMP Capital senior manager joins CFS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... Tapscott's responsibilities will be assumed by the rest of the multi-asset group, which recently hired experienced senior analyst Daniel Cheang and investment professional John Huynh.

Henderson fund receives ratings upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
The Henderson Absolute Return Australia Equity Fund has been upgraded to a "Recommended" rating by Lonsec. The equity market neutral fund reached its three year milestone in May 2016 and is managed by Henderson head of alternative Australian equities ...

Evergreen makes senior hires

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... further developing Evergreen's consulting investment consulting skills. Prior to joining Evergreen, Fletcher was a market analyst at Carinya Capital Management for about 14 years. "We've been lucky enough to secure the services of two highly experienced ...

Listed infrastructure has winners and losers

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... dispersion in returns across infrastructure sub-sectors, throwing up a number of winners and losers. Lonsec Research senior analyst Nick Thomas said: "If you simply look at some of the common infrastructure benchmarks, the sector as a whole appears to ...

BlackRock to combine insto and retail distribution teams

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... Wedande joins from Rothschild in the UK and will work in the Melbourne institutional team, and Lee has been hired as an analyst from BT Financial Group. Annan and Anderson already hold roles within BlackRock but have relocated to Australia as part of ...

Omega hires Vanguard, NAB vets

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
Omega Global Investors has appointed a portfolio manager and an investment research analyst. Prior to Omega, portfolio manager Evelyne Meier was a quantitative analyst at Triple 3 Investment Management and a senior analyst at Vanguard. Omega co-founder ...

Retirement fears herald advice opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... access all the other services they use, including via social media and online chat services," Investment Trends senior analyst King Loong Choi said. Keeping young members engaged should be a priority for super funds as they also represent a large number ...