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Stamford Capital expands into Victoria

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
The nine-year-old firm has opened a Melbourne office with a new director, as it scours Victoria for new commercial debt deals and high-net-worth and family office investors. Stamford Capital currently transacts capital from about 400 sophisticated investors ...

Super fund awards real estate mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... institutional investors across a variety of mandates and strategies including public securities, private equity, and real estate debt investment platforms. Heitman senior managing director, client service and marketing, Lewis Ingall said the manager's ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... context of high household indebtedness. Households do not just wake up one day and collectively decide to pay down their debt. But if incomes turn out weaker than they expect, or some other adverse news should arise, the households carrying the most ...

Royal Commission recommendations split industry

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... light on addressing remedies for consumers from irresponsible lending and in certain circumstances an obligation to forgive debt might encourage better compliance," Cook said. This week's poll asks: What impact will the removal of grandfathered commissions ...

Future Fund delivers 5.8%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... private equity (14.1% previously), 14.6% in alternative assets (15.4% previously), 14.5% in cash (15.1% previously), 10.1% in debt securities (8.9% previously), 8.5% in infrastructure and timberland (8% previously) and 7.2% in property (6.4%). The fund ...

Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... yesterday, DWS chief investment officer for Asia Pacific and head of emerging market equities, Sean Taylor, said Asia's debt-to-equity ratio currently sits under 30% - a marked improvement in the past three years." Ergo, "Asia's debt-to-equity ...

Asia, emerging markets to lead in 2019

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
Asia's debt-to-equity ratio and safer company balance sheets are making a convincing case for DWS to increase its exposure in the region as well as broader emerging markets. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney yesterday ...

Royal Commission to suppress bank stocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... difficult to get excited about the attractive valuations in the banking sector with this backdrop, as they are cycling low bad debt charges and face higher regulatory capital, and higher funding and compliance costs," she told a media briefing recently. ...

HNWs to embrace alternatives in 2019: Fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... 2018, saying it will continue to focus on specialist opportunities including in venture capital, private equity, private debt and infrastructure. The firm said it is backing a thesis that the best financial advisers and family offices will trend towards ...

Link sells a slice of $1.5 billion acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
Link Group is selling a part of a business it acquired for $1.5 billion in 2017, with the proceeds going to pay down debt. The ASX-listed company has entered a binding agreement to sell its corporate and private clients (CPCS) business to Apex Group ...