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Frontier warns super fund clients of recession

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... previously to take a more defensive stance. "We didn't see something like this [COVID-19] coming but we were aware of the macro risks last year and advised our clients to take a more defensive stance with their asset allocation [like] a bit less ...

World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... led by Narendra Modi, show the need to act fast and cut through legislative wrangling and red tape," SSGA head of global macro policy research Amlan Roy said. "Street talk of 'global recession' is confused, when based on stock market losses and ...

Profits down as Perpetual looks to future

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... the first half of last year. Perpetual chief executive and managing director Rob Adams said a combination of regulatory, macro and geopolitical influences hit the industry in the first half, with asset management and advice bearing the brunt of the impact. ...

What SMSFs will look like in 2030

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... brilliant, world-class accumulation system but the retirement isn't there," Blomfield said. "This constant change, micro and macro adjustment, it has to stop. When you talk to an SMSF trustee the hardest thing they have to do is keep up with regulation. ...

New boutique at Pinnacle

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... Asia-focused boutique. Reminiscent Capital was piloted by Pinnacle last year, and describes its strategy as discretionary Asia Macro. It invests in fixed income, foreign exchange and equities with an aim of generating uncorrelated absolute returns. The ...

Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... many readers who assume bonds are not only boring, but they don't return much," Todd said. Legg Mason Western Asset Macro Opportunities Bond Fund saw a return of 15.94% last year, followed by Coolabah Active Composite Bond Strategy with 11.5% returns ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
Aussie investors have swapped the bull for the bear, as macroeconomic and geopolitical tensions weigh heavily on high hopes for a repeated 2019. That's according to the latest research from Investment Trends, which found that investor sentiment ...

Infrastructure boutique hires former Hastings director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
Nicole Connolly's Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund has appointed a former Hastings director as its head of portfolio construction and research. Kurt Lemke is joining IPIF after working as Hastings Funds Management's group director for ...

GAM hires, launches new strategies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... Zaika said. The appointment coincides with the expansion of GAM's local product offering to include GAM Systematic Core Macro and Commodity Trade Finance. The strategies have been implemented to complement GAM's established local offerings, GAM ...

Chief economist update: Strength in jobs downs RBA rate cut expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... help in the recovery of the communities and businesses devastated by the bushfires - and the relative improvement in global macro dynamics, should underpin stronger gains in the labour market, and by extension, the Australian economy.