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Epoch funds get upgrade from Zenith

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
Zenith Investment Partners has upgraded the Grant Samuel Epoch Global Equity Shareholder Yield Funds, hedged and unhedged, from "Recommended" to "Highly Recommended." In its product assessment Zenith said the funds are well-managed, providing international ...

Don't underestimate LNG boom: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... Aussie dollars over the years on the basis that it's anything but US dollars or euros. Plus it's a triple A story with some yield, with linkages to the Asian growth story. Those guys are strategic long-term investors, they're not going away any time ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street made moderate gains as energy and commodity shares rallied while data boosted confidence in the economy. At 0844 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up ...

Investors blind to arbitrage opportunity in emerging market debt

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... Even in Australia, where rates are comparatively high, opportunities for bond investors have become more limited as the yield curve has tightened. Expectations of rising rates have compounded the issue. But according to emerging market specialist Marber ...

Contango set to launch small cap LIC

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... the mid- and small-cap parts of the market. The portfolio can also hold up to 50% in cash. The company will aim to pay a yield of at least 7% pa of the portfolio NTA as at 1 July of each financial year and will target a high franking component. Applications ...

New Vanguard modelling tool picks global equities to win

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... of global markets and generates distributional forecasts for hundreds of financial market parameters including inflation, yield curves, foreign exchange rates and volatility. The outputs of the VCMM deliver reasonable return expectations for the major ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after the OPEC oil cartel decided not to cut output despite a supply gut and falling crude prices. At 0825 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,397. Wall ...

Super funds out-growing local real estate

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... stake in one of the UKs largest shopping centres, the Bullring in Birmingham, in 2009 for £210 million ($382 million) at a yield of 7%. They sold the asset on TIAA Henderson's recommendation in 2013, achieving £97 million ($177 million) profit in four ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... next month, then to US$0.90 by the middle of next year and then US$0.92 by end-2015. Westpac's rationale - Australian bonds yield premium over the US won't narrow because of investor demand for our AAA rating -- is as rational as Mr. Boyton's were when ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
So far so good. The men and women of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) must be giving each other high fives (and down lows) at their success. In spite of the daily ups and downs, it appears to they've been able to wean Wall Street off of QE ...