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Investment manager launches income fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... investments in their portfolios," he said. "In Australia, a lot of investors looking for higher levels of income have historically invested in Australian bank equity or hybrid securities." In the past, Australian investors have also relied heavily on ...

Fundamentals return to the forefront in EM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... developed markets and on an inflation-adjusted basis. "We remain neutral on EM sovereign credit, a sector offering historically compelling valuations, but where many issuers are confronting a challenging macro environment," they said. "Looking ahead ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... income-producing bonds issued by governments of G7 nations, hedged into AUD. BetaShares said global government bonds have historically provided significant diversification and defensive benefits to portfolios during periods of market decline. The bonds ...

ANZ profits halve, dividend deferred

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... productivity and continued to target balance sheet growth in our preferred segments. Loan losses heading into March were at historically low levels and we are well positioned the manage the higher credit charges taken as a result of COVID-19." The pandemic ...

Gargantuan stimulus needed to survive economic disaster

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... total fiscal stimulus measures to $320 billion, representing 16.4% of annual GDP. Australia should take advantage of historically low interest rate levels, they said, with the Commonwealth government able to issue 10 year bonds at an annual cash rate ...

The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... higher, and not because of any fundamental value in the business." Companies that enter an index like the S&P/ASX 200 historically become more expensive on a multiples basis than when they're not in the index, Goldberg said, thus leading to massive ...

Best, worst global equities funds in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... while the expensive defensives and traditional growth names proved more resilient," he said. "The value factor has, historically, outperformed growth in the recovery after a bear market (such as the 1987 and 2000 dot-com crashes) but there are no gua ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... emerge as the global heavyweight in investor's portfolios, he said, but change could be on the horizon. "We have historically seen shifts in the investment universe around every decade," he said. "In the 80s countries such as Korea and Japan had ...

Boutique buys out Bennelong

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... income for Australian investors challenged by today's 'lower for longer' equity growth environment and historically low interest rates," MacLeod said. "We look forward to leveraging our track record and momentum to pursue new opportunities." ...

BlackRock bullish on China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... favourable relative to other regions, due in part to the containment of the virus spread, but Chinese bonds also have historically offered low correlations to other major bond markets." Powell and Taw said inclusion of Chinese equities and bonds in global ...