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AI will lead next industrial revolution: Sanlam

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... portfolios can drive performance, Sanlam's AI Dynamic portfolio [not yet available in Australia] boasted a total return of 281% versus its benchmark's 74% over the same period. It lost 7% on a bad month while its benchmark fared worse at 12%. Driving ...

China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... acceleration in industrial production comes as no surprise -- 7.6% in the year to March (the fastest rate since December 2014) versus 6.3% in the January-February period and market expectations for a 6.3% increase. Consumer spending is also on the rise. ...

Lonsec upgrades NovaPort fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... fund delivering 12.2% p.a. (after fees) over the five year period to February 2017 realising excess returns of 10.4% p.a. versus the benchmark, and the microcap fund generating 11.4% p.a. after fees over the same period (9.6% p.a. above index). NovaPort ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Threats and counter threats are coming in fast between the United States and North Korea suggesting that neither side is backing down from a full-scale armed (nuclear or conventional) confrontation. On his visit to Seoul, US vice-president Mike Pence ...

SSGA expands active managed funds business

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... is tough business. There are many competitors and financial advisers are becoming more savvy on where they get the alpha versus beta returns for clients. Against that backdrop, one active specialist defied the odds, pulling more than $500m in AUM in ...

Plato fund oversubscription heralds income appetite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... aided by the fact that the fastest-growing cohort in Australia is people over 65, who are looking at a 7% dividend yield versus a 1.5% cash rate. The difference is stark."

Kristin's correct call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... growth in retail spending up to 3.7% from 1.0%. Core retail sales (ex-fuel) were also strong, jumping by 1.3% in February versus January's 0.3% dip and expectations for a 0.4% increase. Year on year, core retail spending grew by 4.1% from 2.1% in Jan ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... hikes next year, according to WBC), the growing labour marketslack, along with A$ strength - it has appreciated by 6.0% versus the US$ and 4.5% on the trade weighted index (TWI) this year to date - and still below target inflation - put pressure on the ...

Super industry accepts group insurance needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... from stakeholders on the proposed solutions to balance superannuation contributions allocated to saving for retirement versus automatic insurance benefits. Industry and stakeholder feedback will help shape an enforceable Code of Practice and Good Practice ...

BT Wrap adds absolute investment fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... Shields said. "We also have a number of leading goals-based advisers who prefer investments managed to an absolute style, versus being relative to a benchmark." Co-portfolio manager Shane Fitzgerald said the addition is further confirmation of the support ...