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Rising yields benefit active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... instruments best-suited to different interest rate environments, he said.One option available is investing in floating rate notes which have minimal duration risk. "If you or your clients believe rates will indeed rise, a floating rate note will take ...

Former adviser launches sustainable trading platform

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... invest in line with their values. "We're making it easier for anyone to put their money where their heart is." Culver also notes that it's a "win-win" as "investing in sustainable business is a better long-term investment performing up to three times ...

First home buyers: Devil is in the detail for super funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... Rodwell-Ball slammed the policy as "logistically impossible" to implement by 1 July 2017 in a "cost-effective manner". He also notes the various complexities and administrative infrastructure costs which funds will now incur. Rodwell-Balll also raised ...

Government bond issuance to fall 20pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... $490 billion comprising $454 billion in Treasury bonds, $33 billion in indexed Treasury bonds and $3 billion in Treasury notes. According to the just-released 2017-18 Commonwealth Budget, this amount is projected to increase $116 billion by 2021 to $606 ...

SMSF rollovers hit $8 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... MLC's Universal Super Scheme and Plum Superannuation Fund, ANZ's OnePath Masterfund and the Mercer Super Trust. Rainmaker notes the outflow distribution between funds was anything but uniform. There were five funds seeing more than 3.5% of net assets ...

Pension fund eyes Fairfax Media

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... statement from Fairfax on the ASX reads: "The Fairfax board of directors is reviewing the indicative proposal. The Fairfax board notes that there is no certainty that the indicative proposal is capable of being implemented given the complexity involved ...

The growth-inflation divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... inflation at 1.6% this year and 2.1% in 2018. Why isn't inflation picking up in the face of strengthening growth - the BOJ even notes that its economy is growing above potential? Reason dictates that stronger growth lifts optimism that encourages spending ...

Think carefully before internalising investment: PwC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... carefully before internalising investment management. In its latest paper, Internal Investment Management - Yes or No?, PwC notes while there may be many good reasons for Australian superannuation funds to insource investment managers, there are various ...

Smarter Money funds get Lonsec tick

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... one to 2% above the RBA cash rate after fees. It invests in Australian bank deposits and investment-grade floating-rate notes. Over the past five years the fund has delivered an excess return of 2.07% per annum. The Smarter Money Higher Income Fund ...

Philanthropy report offers valuable insights for NFPs: Perpetual

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... Australia's largest managers of philanthropic funds, welcomed the launch of the Giving Australia 2016 report. The report notes how the area of social impact investing is starting to make inroads, with one in five philanthropists surveyed saying they ...