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Watermark LIC chair resigns to launch new business

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... interim chair since December and will now take on the role on a permanent basis. WGF launched as Australia's first market neutral listed investment company in late 2016. Its initial public offering raised more than $90 million at an offer price of $1.10 ...

Institutional investors on the march in fixed income

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... peers in Europe and North America. Only 15% of respondents believe the global economy is strengthening, while 70% are neutral. Moreover, 35% of APAC respondents believe central banks in the region will move from quantitative easing to quantitative tightening. ...

Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... I added: 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 ...

SQM suspends Macquarie fund rating following investment team reshuffle

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 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.

Powell power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... objective. That expectation is based on the view that the current level of the federal funds rate remains somewhat below its neutral level--that is, the rate that is neither expansionary nor contractionary and keeps the economy operating on an even keel. ...

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 ...