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New income fund launches

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... asset manager is launching its second multi-strategy fund in Australia with the intention of delivering annual income of 4% above the RBA cash rate. Aligning with the idea that investors want their money to work hard and be protected in all market conditions ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... however, up 4.4%, Singapore was up 1.8% and the US was up 0.1%. Volatility measures for the Australian equity market also rose above long term averages during June with the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index rising 0.8% in June, up from ...

US becomes post-Brexit equity safe haven

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... England and the ECB, European equities will face a de-rating in equity multiples due to the higher risk premium caused by the above uncertainties. J.P. Morgan said it was therefore likely that the European market would underperform the US for at least ...

BlackRock, Aviva receive ratings nod

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... return fund was added to the Macquarie Wrap and Colonial Wrap platforms. The fund aims to deliver a return of 5% per annum above the Reserve Bank of Australia base rate over any three year period, with less than half the volatility of global equities. ...

Bentley slams Keybridge response to restructure proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... Equities, to Keybridge Capital relative to the ASX All Ordinaries Index, concluding that "the Keybridge board hopes the above information is helpful to shareholders in their consideration of the EGM resolutions." Bentley, however, issued its own response ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... the labour force as reflected in the pickup in the participation rate from 62.6% to 62.7% in June. The S&P 500 index broke above the 2,130.82 points record high set on 21 May 2015 before closing 1.5% higher on the day to 2,129.90 points. This is hardly ...

S&P outlook downgrade extends to banks

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... Australia has lived through the Great Complacency given prolonged and mega leverage and mining booms, which kept growth above trend and the associated revenue growth was seen as a channel of increasing our spending, rather than our saving. Accordingly ...

NZ Super seeks factor investing strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... Australia last month. NZ Super Fund manager investment analysis, Dr Roland Winn, said the fund sees many asset classes at or above fair value, and "there is a relative shortage of outright good investment opportunities." "Consequently, we are taking ...

Retirees can't rely on "mediocre" large-caps: Montgomery

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... assumed the company's return on equity never changes, the earnings cannot grow and because the payout ratio does not rise above 100%, the dividends do not grow either. "All over the world, company boards are acquiescing to shareholder demands for dividends. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... quickened to an annual rate of 2.2% in the year to May from 2.1% in the previous month. The core inflation measure had been above the Fed's 2.0% inflation target since December last year. But before you shout rate hike, note that it is the core PCE price ...