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REITs better value than bonds, equities: LaSalle

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
Global real estate securities are priced competitively compared to asset classes such as equities and bonds, according to a real estate investment specialist with $106.3 billion in global assets under management. Despite the serious headwinds faced ...

Several promoted at Yarra Capital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
Yarra Capital has announced a number of in-house promotions within its Australian equities investment team. Michael Steele, previously deputy portfolio manager for the firm's Australian smaller companies equity capability, has been promoted to co-portfolio ...

How to make sense of reporting season

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... earnings rebound in FY21E. Any delay or push back of the FY21E earnings into FY22E could present a near-term headwind for equities." While the US earnings recovery is currently a "textbook" V-shaped forecast, the profile for Australia is looking far ...

Future Super ramps up direct equities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Ethical superannuation fund Future Super has increased its exposure to direct equities while staying true to its investment strategy. The fund has traditionally had almost all of its Australian equities exposure through the BetaShares Australian Sustainability ...

Top performing Aussie equity funds unveiled

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... to outperform the index in the latest Rainmaker Information analysis to June end. Australian Unity Platypus Australian Equities came out on top in the large cap category and returned 14.4% per annum over three years against the ASX 200 index of 5.2% ...

Advisers bolt to cash, gold

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... sparked mass inflows to defensive assets and an almost equal amount in outflows of riskier assets, namely Australian equities. The BetaShares Australian High Interest Cash ETF (AAA) and ETF Securities Physical Gold (GOLD) were the top two ETFs receiving ...

Melbourne boutique deepens Canadian ties

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
Munro Partners is introducing a global equities strategy to Canadian retail investors, after raising $1.5 billion in Canada since January 2019. The CI Munro Global Growth Equity strategy was launched to Canadian institutional investors in January, 2019 ...

Contango dumps investment strategy, opens raise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... longer appropriate. The manager of the fund, Contango Funds Management, is proposing to move away from Australian mid-cap equities and into a long short global and emerging markets equities strategy managed by US-based WCM Investment Management. In addition ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... see" mode. Multi-asset managers increased exposures to risk assets in the second quarter; however their allocations to equities remained lower than the long-run average (34.5%). Ongoing uncertainty, illustrated by record high gold prices, implied volatilities ...

Warakirri launches retail funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... director Jim McKay said. Enabling access to these funds provides advisers and their clients with access to a quality equities manager with an impressive track record of delivering resilient, solid returns across all of their strategies." Warakirri will ...