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ACBC releases six fixed-rate XTBs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... fixed-rate exchange-traded bonds (XTBs) on the ASX today. The new release includes bonds from AGL, Alumina, Ausnet Services, BHP and Downer EDI. The indicative yields range from 2.764% to 4.538%. "With market volatility remaining a concern, both advisers ...

Higher recession risk creates opportunity in large miners: Lazard

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... One area where the manager of the Lazard Select Australian Equity Fund is seeing opportunity is in mega-cap materials stocks BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. Falling commodity prices have seen these stocks severely beaten up by the market. But Hofflin says ...

AustralianSuper launches new SRI investment option

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... Government Super base their restrictions on fossil fuel revenue or net asset value. "This decision will see companies like AGL, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Seven Group and Wesfarmers excluded, while some global utilities will remain. Transport companies ...

Martin Currie cautious on dividend growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... sustaining capital. Slack said Martin Currie Australia's income fund strategies do not currently hold ASX market majors like BHP or Rio Tinto because "they have this tug of war between shareholders wanting a dividend, current assets consuming their capital ...

Confused environment leads to Aussie stock volatility

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... dividends, current market conditions show that investors are increasingly concerned with their delivery. "An example of this is BHP being bid up despite a big dividend cut, and investors no longer chasing the banks despite tempting yields," he said. ...

ETFs benefit from market volatility: SSGA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... levels of uncertainty make it more difficult to identify opportunities," Skelly said. "Keep in mind that companies like CBA and BHP still represent a good chunk of STW, but there are 198 other companies that STW gives investors access to also. "Before ...

Rusting still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... producers are still adding output, seeking to lower costs per ton, expand sales and take market share from less efficient rivals. BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest mining company, said Oct. 21 iron ore output rose 7 percent to 61.3 million tons ...

GFC drove advisers to managed accounts

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... investment management," he noted that financial advice isn't really about "having great skills in whether to buy Rio or sell BHP." "We have an independent investment committee with a house view, and then we outsource the management of that via mandates. ...

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices hails ESG leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... RobecoSAM's statement said that the biggest additions to the indices this year were the Bank of America Corp, Telefonica SA and BHP Billiton; the biggest deletions, meanwhile, were Cisco Systems, PepsiCo and the Royal Bank of Canada. The industry that ...

University investment portfolio includes tobacco and beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... (1.79%). Alcohol company Diageo is 12th at 1.29%. Among the top six Australian shareholdings are the big four banks, Telstra and BHP Billiton. In June, Insync Funds Management chief investment officer Monik Kotecha advocated for Australians to invest ...