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Kapstream renews industry fund relationship

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... investments," Bloom said. Earlier this year, Morningstar re-rated the Kapstream Absolute Return Income Fund from bronze to neutral. At the same time it talked up the fixed interest sector, saying: "The popularity of a handful of more-flexible, or unconstrained ...

New $500m boutique manager partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... boutique partnership with a manager helmed by former Challenger and Credit Suisse investors. Equus Point Capital is a market neutral strategy for Aussie equities that will target a return of 7.25% to 12.5% above the benchmark. The team has run the strategy ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
The neutral interest rate is the Goldilocks level of the fed funds rate - not too cold that it would continue stimulating growth (and lift inflation) and not too hot that it would cause economic activity to slow. Ho-hum. US Federal Reserve Chairman ...

Outlook darkens for bank stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... responsible lending, tightening credit conditions for banks. UBS has cut the 12-month rating for Westpac to sell from neutral since its last credit crunch report in March. Westpac joins NAB and Bank of Queensland which also currently have a sell rating ...

Former Macquarie equities team launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... currently running two funds: a high conviction fund with a concentrated portfolio of about 25 Australian equities and a market neutral absolute return fund. Firetrail brings the $35 billion Pinnacle Investment Management stable to nine affiliates. Pinnacle ...

ANZ considering buy-back with life insurance paycheck

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
ANZ's first paycheck from the December sale of its life insurance arm to Zurich has arrived and the bank is considering buying back up to $1.5 billion in shares, on top of its current buyback program. The bank today updated the market that it has received ...

Freedom acquires bank insurance arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... another major step for FIG as its sees tremendous opportunity in life insurance. He expects the transaction to have a neutral effect on FIG's earnings per share in year one and positive thereafter. "St Andrew's meets our acquisition criteria as it brings ...

Royal Commission to take "labyrinthine" advice legislation to task

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
In its background paper leading up to the financial advice inquiry on April 16, the Royal Commission has called out the "labyrinthine" regulatory regime in which the industry operates. The paper notes the current legislative framework for financial ...

Kapstream creates new fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... exposure to sub-investment-grade debt." However, Morningstar did re-rate Kapstream's flagship strategy from bronze to neutral, citing "intensifying competition" in the sector. The BT Fixed Interest strategy was also re-rated from bronze to neutral. Recently ...

Morningstar fuels fund ratings with AI

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... past rating decisions and the data used to support their decisions. It then generates a quantitative rating - positive, neutral, or negative - based on key assessment areas of parent, people, performance, price and processes. A research analyst would ...