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Private debt attractive for instos: Sahota

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... fixed income veteran Bob Sahota. The private debt market in Australia is "as old as the hills" but has been the domain of the big four until recently, Sahota said at an investor forum on Wednesday. "As a result, institutional and HNW investors have traditionally ...

Managed accounts aid adviser time management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Financial advisers using managed accounts are saving an average of 12.4 hours per week on portfolio management tasks, according to research from NAB and Investment Trends. The report shows using a managed account structure shaves the most time off investment ...

SMA provider to award $20m mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... about 20 high conviction managers, asking them to manage an even more concentrated portfolio for the SMAs. "It's quite a big ask because fund managers for a long time have operated on their own terms," he said. "They've said this is my product ...

Chief economist update: All Ords rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... (or appears to have) turned. It turned after Trump announced on Twitter that, "ZTE, the large Chinese phone company, buys a big percentage of individual parts from US companies. This is also reflective of the larger trade deal we are negotiating with ...

Tech is all upside for insurance: HSBC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... impacts of various technology enabled-solutions. HSBC said it could envisage significant benefits from capitalising on the big data advantages held by insurers, as well as using real-time data such as vehicle telematics to assist with pricing insurance ...

Chief economist update: New RBNZ Governor maintains old policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
The prevailing global dynamics of tight labour markets and low inflation is not the sole purview of big developed economies. It's happening in the US - the biggest economy in the world (US$18.6 trillion in 2016, according to World Bank estimates) ...

Australian Ethical divests AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... which goes back to 2007. We did see a lot of reaction to those concerns. But the challenge we face when we see this conduct in big complex institutions is whether it's isolated - whether it's individuals or systemic. And we've seen how hard it is even ...

Budget big picture: Surplus on radar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
Treasurer Scott Morrison, in his third Commonwealth Budget reports that government receipts rising 8.6% during 2017-18, compared to expenditure rising 4.7%, leaves Australia with an annual deficit of $18.2 billion and on its way to a modest $2.2 billion ...

Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... this year's Budget proposals. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the Liberal Government's budget is "unfair" and favours big business. In a series of Tweets, Shorten said the 2018-19 Budget fails the fairness test and gives big business and the banks ...

Budget 2018: Social media reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... to return to a budget balance in 2019-20 #Budget18 - Deloitte Australia (@FederalBudget) May 8, 2018 Deloitte, one of the big four accounting firms, says the Federal Budget will return to balance in 2019-20. Super funds to be required to "formulate a ...