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Challenger hails major retirement partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... $2.2 billion in its half-year results, Challenger is partnering with an international investment manager to develop a global bond product for Australian retirees. The new partnership with Standard Life Investments will see the latter develop a Challenger-branded ...

Trump matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... world economy (US$18.6 trillion of US$75.2 trillion); the US equity market 38% (US$26 trillion of US$69 trillion) and the US bond market, 39% (US$34 trillion of US$87 trillion). In comparison, the Australian economy makes up a mere 1.7% of the world ...

Bonds aiding not-for-profit investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... good is not a good strategy for building a sustainable organisation," Simpson said. FIIG Securities' individually managed bond accounts have demonstrated strong returns, with its flagship Income Plus option achieving six month annualised returns of 7.13% ...

Equities manager awarded $48m mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... York Life affiliates, in particular, the Candriam Sustainable Global Equity strategy and the Mackay Shields Unconstrained Bond strategy, continues to be strong."

DomaCom gets ASIC tick for bond crowdfunding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... licence has been varied so the company can now offer fractional investment in corporate bonds as well as peer-to-peer mortgage bond sub-funds. On the latter, DomaCom chief executive Arthur Naoumidis said: "Mortgage bond sub-funds will be the first product ...

Whitehelm drives Prime Super outperformance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... allocation to alternatives. In 2016, the firm helped Prime Super make major investments in the space, including a senior secured bond issuance by Autovia del Noroeste (Aunor), a mature shadow toll road located in Murcia, Spain, and a 100% acquisition ...

J.P. Morgan bullish on several asset classes

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
Global economic growth will struggle to break out of its current rate unless 2017 sees a meaningful lift in productivity growth, according to J.P. Morgan chief economist Sally Auld. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney ...

Financial advisers losing communication battle

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
Embattled financial advisers need to find better ways to communicate their value to clients if they are to remain relevant in an automated world. Speaking at a media roundtable, newly appointed Morningstar chief executive Kunal Kapoor told reporters ...

Bond investors urged to play tactics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
Tactical trading strategies, particularly in direct securities, will offer the greatest opportunities for Australian bond investors over the next few months, says BondAdviser. In its 2017 outlook, the fixed income research platform found the possibility ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The end of a 30-year bull market in assets is putting pressure on asset managers' profit margins - and may mean the industry has reached its peak. In a recent Lipper Alpha Insight discussion, Financial Conduct Authority technical specialist - investment ...