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FIIG expands fixed income research team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... researchers. Joining the fixed income team is John Manning, who will take over as director - credit research, banks and financials; and Mary Anne Low, who joins as director - credit research, infrastructure and resources. The appointments increase FIIG's ...

SMSF investors trade during market volatility

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... making up more than 32% of SMSF holdings, followed by materials (11 %), telecommunications services (7.8%), diversified financials (6.4%) and food and staples (6%). Banks also comprise nearly a quarter of all trades by value for SMSFs compared to 18% ...

Trump to boost Aussie commodities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... policies work, they also stand to benefit." SSGA also highlights the potential for banks, insurers and diversified financials to benefit from the RBA possibly moving away from its policy of loosening as rates gradually start to move higher; "Several ...

Global dividends down 4pc

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... declined 10.2% following BHP Billiton's decision to cut Q3 payout by over $2bn and Rio Tinto's decision to follow suit. Financials are Australia's largest dividend paying sector and account for three fifths of annual dividends. Bank dividends have so ...

Henderson EM fund rated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... operating in a diverse range of countries and sectors, which are assessed on their history of success, management and financials. Henderson Australia head of distribution Matt Gaden said the firm is delighted to have received the rating. "In the long ...

Global investment redrawn by technology

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... profit pools - look at Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Apple. They are disrupting profit pools as far as healthcare, financials, media and even music," Lodha said. As a result, he continued, active investors need to "re-tool" in order to "protect and grow ...

Lonsec increases global exposure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... represent only a very small part of the global equity market capitalisation and are predominately concentrated in the financials, energy and materials sectors. So it is important that investors look abroad to maximise the benefits from diversification ...

Investors must look past Australia for opportunities: BAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... lower and a lot of that has been coming from sectors like energy, basic materials and a bit more recently things like financials. "We've had a really good performance period over that time period; we've actually been up 4% in the year to June. So as ...

LIC helped by high gold and cash exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... investment officer Peter Hall said the portfolio's relatively high weighting of gold and cash, and low exposure to European financials meant "we were well positioned for the Brexit shock and the negative sentiment that persisted over global markets." ...

K2 hurt by Brexit call

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... and added around 350 basis points of exposure. In addition, we entered the UK referendum with 25% exposure to global financials. One of our UK bank holdings, Lloyds, fell 25% in the five days following the vote," Neal said. He added the Brexit outcome ...