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Zurich AREITs fund receives Morningstar stamp of approval

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
Zurich's AREITs fund has continued to impress ratings agencies, after recognition by Lonsec and Zenith was cemented by an upgrade from Morningstar. Zurich's Australian Property Securities Fund was upgraded by Morningstar to a Gold Morningstar ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
The times, they are a-changin'. After reaching a peak of 103.01 on the 23 December 2016, the Bloomberg US dollar index began its long descent before hitting a three-year low of 89.19 in February this year - a 13.4% depreciation. The US dollar has ...

Private debt attractive for instos: Sahota

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... covenants than in the US and Europe markets, where the competition between instos has driven down the use of covenants -a trend that may result in profound losses if the cycle turns, according to Revolution. Covenants are protective measures that kick ...

Advisers struggling with SMSF diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Only one in five financial advisers consider clients' self-managed superannuation funds to be well diversified. The 2018 SMSF Insights Paper - a collaboration between Investment Trends, BT Financial Group and the SMSF Association - shows that despite ...

Managed accounts aid adviser time management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Financial advisers using managed accounts are saving an average of 12.4 hours per week on portfolio management tasks, according to research from NAB and Investment Trends. The report shows using a managed account structure shaves the most time off investment ...

Chief economist update: Forget asking for a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... next, or vice-versa. A more instructive picture of the state of the Australian labour market is provided by the ABS' trend series estimates: I don't think I have to put into words the indications from the charted trend in employment growth. Yep ...

PIMCO partners with data and analytics platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... suggested by tight credit spreads and very low volatility are close to fully pricing in the "good news" implied by above-trend global growth and "gently rising inflation." Exacerbating this is the wider global trend of central banks tightening monetary ...

Chief economist update: BOE fails market expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... of around 1.75%. But above-target inflation, rather than slowing growth is the BOE's more pressing problem. The slowing trend in growth in consumer prices has made it less pressing. Headline CPI declined to 2.5% in the year to March - the slowest since ...

QIC expands executive team, bolsters US footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
QIC has made several executive appointments locally and overseas in an effort to expand its US footprint and client base. Brian Delaney, who was executive director of strategy, clients and global markets, stepped into the newly created role of senior ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... not to be timed to the market - and that's a big if," he says. The CFM IS Trends Trust, Jordan explains, uses long-term trend following as a strategy. The concept itself is not new and it forms the basis of many managed future and CTA strategies available ...