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Macquarie listed equities chief departs after 28 years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... which collectively managed about $18 billion in assets across index, low risk, concentrated, small cap, long/short, market-neutral, Asian fundamental and global strategies. It is understood four members of Hodgens' team left with him. Hodgens' departure ...

Watermark hires global equities lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... million in assets under management. In May, the company undertook an on-market, one-for-one buy-back for its global market neutral listed investment company, Watermark Global Leaders Fund (WGF), after announcing disappointing performance in 2016. In ...

Australian business conditions gone gangbusters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... puzzle." This certainly doesn't fit with the current record low level of the official cash rate (1.5%) nor the current neutral stance in RBA monetary policy. The last time business conditions were nearly this lovely (+20 in July 2007), the official cash ...

China's inflation lift indicates strong demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... rising pressure on consumer and producer prices suggests that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) could switch its current neutral with a tightening bias policy into actual tightening, note that despite the rising momentum in consumer price inflation ...

Market neutral isn't always the neutral: Alleron

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... to a high-conviction Australian equity manager, a 150/50 strategy may actually carry less drawdown risk than a market neutral approach. Alleron Investment Management chief executive Barry Littler explained that a 150% geared long portfolio funded by ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... still on alert. "My FOMC colleagues and I will therefore need to continue to reassess and revise our assessments of the neutral rate in response to incoming data and adjust monetary policy accordingly." The Fed's forward guidance couldn't get any clearer ...

A matter of assumptions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... Using the Taylor Rule formula - estimations of what the official cash rate should be given the RBA's assumptions for the neutral cash rate, the output gap and inflation deviation from target - shows the cash rate should be at 2.125% by 2018. The interest ...

Fed does the thinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... economic conditions." Based on the Taylor Rule and using the Fed's 2018 forecasts for growth (2.1%), inflation (1.9%) and the neutral cash rate (2.75%), my calculations show that the fed funds rate should be at 2.75% next year. The Fed's uncertainty ...

Lower returns but higher balances for SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... remaining 'lower for longer'. McBirnie said this is reflective of the Reserve Bank of Australia noting in July that the neutral nominal cash rate is now 3.5% rather than 5% previously. "Even so, SMSF households are still better placed than most sectors ...

Alternatives managers celebrated at annual event

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... taking out the award for Best Long Short Equity Fund and Macquarie's Pure Alpha Fund being recognised as the Best Market Neutral Fund. Other winners on the night include the Tribeca Global Natural Resources Fund which was named Best Emerging Manager ...