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Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... the interest rate floor," APRA chair Wayne Byres said. "With interest rates at record lows, and likely to remain at historically low levels for some time, the gap between the 7 per cent floor and actual rates paid has become quite wide in some cases ...

Industry responds to election outcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... lived as the housing market remains soft. Creagh said: "The ASX200 typically rallies in the aftermath of an election, historically the average has been 3.7% in the 12 weeks post-election, once policy uncertainty is removed - investors crave certainty." ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... quality-focused index for the India ETF. It noted companies that demonstrate superior quality characteristics have historically exhibited reduced declines during market falls. "India is a substantially less efficient market than those in the developed ...

Finance job opportunities rise post-RC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... quarter, but rose 0.3% on an annual basis. Sunsuper said while the market has softened, jobs demand is still at a historically high level. During the last quarter, management, professional and clerical job vacancies grew slightly while labourers, machinery ...

Saxo launches digital access to Chinese bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... government bonds and central bank paper, institutional clients get simple, efficient automated access to a market that has historically been complicated and cumbersome for foreign investors to access," Saxo said. The Chinese bond market has an estimated ...

Advisers need to behave above the law

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... Sanders said the dynamic had changed. "It empowers you to put yourself in a completely different relationship than has historically been the case," he said. "According to this law and these expectations, the relationship you have with the client is now ...

Investment manager appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... pipeline that will benefit existing and new investors seeking consistent income from their investments, which has historically been hard to find in traditional cash products," Laughlin said. IPO Wealth's previous chief executive was Mayfair 101 managing ...

S&P launches new ASX small caps index

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... global of equity indices Michael Orzano said that focusing on companies that have generated positive earnings has historically provided better long-term total returns with less volatility in global small-caps. "Extensive research on US small-cap benchmarks ...

Joint venture to set new ETF standard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... benefits to unitholders of the RBC Index ETFs including greater liquidity associated with the larger iShares ETFs and historically more favorable spreads on the secondary market, which will ultimately reduce transactional costs for investors," RBC GAM ...

Sahota's fund makes first close

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... diversify its portfolio so that it is safer and more robust in volatile investment markets. Given that credit spreads are historically narrow, equities and bonds are historically expensive, Australian Catholic Superannuation believes that adding loans ...