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The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... concern over the elevated levels of asset valuations. "Asset valuations are somewhat rich if you use some traditional metrics like price earnings ratios, but I wouldn't try to comment on appropriate valuations, and those ratios ought to depend on long-term ...

Reporting overhaul to hit insurer profits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... of the insurance organisation. "New systems and processes will have to be built to produce and report the numbers, and metrics for steering the business will change," he said. International Accounting Standards Board chair Hans Hoogervorst said: "The ...

ESG risk tool launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
MSCI has launched a new interactive tool that assesses environmental, social and governance metrics for 8500 companies globally. The MSCI ESG Metrics helps investors measure a portfolio's ESG risk, particularly where a lack of data can be a significant ...

Adviser sentiment turns corner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... according to the Risk Adviser Sentiment Index, which was based on a survey of 209 financial advisers. Four out of the five metrics tracked by the study recorded modest improvements compared to two years ago. Advisers were generally positive about the ...

Aussie investors push tobacco exclusions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... is now finally kicking this angle," he said. "Whether it's different quantitative strategies or robo-advisers or other metrics, it's a natural cleansing process. It's great ground-shaking turmoil but it's totally expected." He adds funds management is ...

Industry fund launches ethical investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... Australasia, and funds within in it are managed with a responsible investment framework combining traditional performance metrics with environmental, social and governance criteria. It excludes investing in companies specifically involved in the manufacture ...

Goldman Sachs launches junk bond ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... maturity and are rated BB+ by S&P, or Ba1 by Moody's or below. Issuers that have the lowest debt service and leverage metrics within each of three broad sectors will be excluded. Goldman Sachs also filed registration statements with the SEC for the Goldman ...

Robo-advice portfolios benefiting from quant factors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Returns from thematic robo-advice portfolios can be boosted by using quantitative metrics that won't increase investors' risk, according to digital investment solutions company Quantifeed. In its whitepaper, Designing thematic indices with a quantitative ...

RG 97 to lift fees 50 bps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... superannuation and investment product fee estimation methodology as a result of RG 97 is expected to significantly lift average fee metrics, according to an industry survey. According to the EY survey based on participants who attended recent seminars ...

Aussie firms join gender index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... investors look for new drivers of risk-aware alpha, the demand for data around gender equality and other social and governance metrics continues to grow. The BFGEI brings greater transparency to the practices and policies crucial to managing those risks ...