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New private debt fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
Pinnacle boutique Metrics Credit Partners has launched a new fund-of-funds that will invest in direct loans to Australian corporates, with the minimum investment size set at $1000. The Metrics Direct Income Fund is targeting 3.25% per year above the ...

Rice Warner questions super return targets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... documents necessarily is dumbed down to meet broad community levels of financial illiteracy," Rice Warner said. "These metrics are based on each superannuation fund's mid-range asset allocation, the likely returns for each asset class based on expert ...

Centuria launches takeover bid

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... "Centuria believes the implied offer price represents an attractive premium to Augusta's recent trading price and key metrics," it said. If successful, the transaction will see Centuria's AUM increase to $8.9 billion. "An acquisition of the remaining ...

Aberdeen Standard launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... our investment approach," he said. "Understanding ESG risks and opportunities in small caps alongside other financial metrics allows us to make more informed decisions and generate better risk-adjusted returns for our clients."

Impact offers opportunity during crisis: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... investments, including capacity limits and jurisdictional challenges in the execution stage, managing risk and deciding on metrics in the negotiation stage, and resourcing post-completion. Logue said there was recognition that social impact bonds are ...

Chief economist update: Pay cut or pay not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... employed". The ABS estimates that Australia's unemployment rate would have jumped to 11.7% in April, roughly applying the metrics used in the US and Canada. The drop in the participation rate from 66.0% in March to a 15-year low of 63.5% in April ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... bonds are probably the pick of the bunch right now, as companies become focused on deleveraging (or lowering their debt metrics)," Innes said. "As a corporate bond investor, you sit higher up in the capital structure and benefit when chief financial ...

Property takes $237m hit

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... Analytics Lab director and chair of urban science Professor Chris Petit said the new dashboard would provide key property metrics to everyday Australians. "It is hoped the insights obtained through the dashboard can assist Australians better understand ...

Big banks cop a beating

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... Fitch's criteria, are that we would expect banks to maintain stronger financial profiles - particularly for key financial metrics - than is the case with an operating environment assessment in the 'aa' category," the agency said. "We expect ...

Multi-asset results mixed in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... nevertheless, internal allocations to Schroders Australian Equity helped buffer the fall due to enhanced focus on quality metrics such as low financial leverage and higher cash holdings." Despite conservative strategies usually holding approximately ...