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Future Fund expected to grow to $200bn

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... chair Peter Costello described the current investment environment as "challenging", with global interest rates at historically low levels. "As we look out at the internal investment environment, we still see extraordinarily accommodative monetary settings ...

Rethink the great Australian dream: Report

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... constraints continue. In turn, prolonged housing affordability will put immense pressure on a retirement system which has historically relied upon Australian's owning their own home, and on the poorest citizens who will be pushed to outer and regional ...

AMP prioritises reinsurance, grows advice arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... also announced about $50 million will be invested in the advice business and client registers this year. Where AMP historically acted as a broker to advisers who retired and sold their business, the firm is now looking at opportunities to buy the practices. ...

First XTB 'Floater' model portfolio launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... "Many portfolios of Australian investors are overweight in equities at the expense of bonds. Floating rate notes have historically exhibited low correlation to equities as well as defensive characteristics during market declines. The model portfolio ...

Douglass makes case for Magellan turnaround

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... consistent and the failure rate for companies in the index will need to remain mostly static. Conceding that this has historically held true over time, he argued: "In our opinion, there is a material risk that technological advances and business-model ...

Managing the three pillars of retirement

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... Accumulation Index over rolling five-year periods. "It takes roughly three years to recover from one year of a bear market historically, so you effectively need to protect yourself against four years of capital loss," he said. "Finding the right asset ...

Adviser models replacing product focus with customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... customers at the heart of business models, according to actuarial and risk management service provider Milliman. Advisers historically placed products front and centre - but products are no longer the focus, rather they are one of the building blocks ...

Aussie large cap funds underperforming: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... strong management teams. But quality companies failed to reward managers a return premium in the past year, which historically outperform the benchmark by 2.6% per annum over a 15-year period. Nguyen added such companies more often than not produce positive ...

Expansions maintained despite dashed expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... "Despite the June dip, the average expansion in the second quarter has been the strongest for over six years and is historically consistent with GDP growth accelerating from 0.6% in the first quarter to 0.7%." But unlike the US, the latest survey shows ...

Investors to benefit from $4tn US infrastructure bill

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... Christine Todd said this created further diversification for offshore investors, given that "US municipal bonds have historically shown relatively low levels of volatility and correlation to other asset classes." "These characteristics, combined with ...