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Daintree launches fixed income trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... portfolio manager of credit Mark Mitchell said. Investors will receive a return of about 2%, which is higher than the cash rate and has greater liquidity than term deposits, he added. It has a three-year, medium-term investment timeframe investing in ...

BetaShares launches defensive ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... six months in the effort to return monetary policy to a more normal footing. In Australia, the last increase in the cash rate by the Reserve Bank was in November 2010, while the current cash rate is at historic lows," he added.

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... day's disappointing current account numbers). But only just. Even the Reserve Bank expected it when it kept the official cash rate steady at 1.5% after yesterday's board meeting. The RBA said: "Year-ended GDP growth is expected to have slowed in the ...

New cash ETF for UBS

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... income. The UBS IQ Cash ETF is not a substitute for term deposits; it aims to deliver superior returns above the 1.5% cash rate while covering management fees of 0.18%, Australia head of fixed income Anne Anderson told a media roundtable. While investors ...

Global infrastructure need deepens profit opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... over the last market cycle, where infrastructure outperformed the broader market both as the Federal Reserve cut the cash rate and also when it was raised," Shaw said. She said this growing market holds almost unprecedented opportunities for investors ...

Smarter Money funds get Lonsec tick

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... equivalents and strong performance-driven culture." SMAC targets cash and fixed income returns of 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 ...

Japan to drive real assets globally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
Years of low growth and low yield in Japan has impacted investor sentiment and behaviour in a unique way, with its ¥500 trillion institutional investment market now expected to play a key role in funding the world's infrastructure and real estate. ...

Plato fund oversubscription heralds income appetite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... 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."

RBNZ on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... inflation expectations remain well-anchored at around 2 percent". Despite this optimism, the RBNZ kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.75% at its March policy meeting as widely expected because of two reasons: The currency. The New Zealand central ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% -- where it had been since August last year -- while at the same time offering a positive outlook on the global and domestic economy. Not only has the RBA ...