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Global infrastructure goes for growth in 2017

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
'User pay' assets will be an attractive opportunity for investors in 2017, as global economies experience a period of synchronised growth. At a Bennelong media briefing yesterday, 4D Infrastructure's chief investment officer Sarah Shaw gave a positive ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... bond yields and 30-year bond yields," Costello said. "There's been a bounce in equity markets particularly since the election in the US, but markets might have run in advance of actuality. That is, they're anticipating a lot of investment and construction ...

Perpetual multi-asset fund recommended

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... return with risk management. This year will likely once again be challenging, with ongoing uncertainty over the post-US election outlook and potentially rising bond yields," O'Dea said. He also believes investors looking to diversify their portfolios ...

New hedge funds for BetaShares

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... managing director Alex Vynokur said the future direction of the two currencies has been brought into the open by the election of Donald Trump, with investors interested in "expressing their view in a capital-efficient manner or simply wishing to mitigate ...

Happier euro consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Don't worry, be happy. Preliminary estimates show that the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) consumer confidence indicator for the euro area improved to a reading of -4.9 in January from -5.1 in the previous month. While ...

Still unsure about POTUS 45

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
They've tried to take away his thumbs from twitter when he was Donald Trump @realDonaldTrump. Still, he prevailed and from 20 January 2017, Donald Trump - the 45th president of the United States - became known in twitterland as President Trump or @POTUS. ...

Will the real Trump please stand up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... your investments are riding on mixed signals. The markets are split between those who believe the market uptick post his election had nothing to do with him while the other half reckons it is. "The main takeaway of a Trump presidency is that the distribution ...

Economic headwinds lead Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
Renowned economist Saul Eslake says Australia is exposed to several global economic turning points in 2017 and each of the varying outcomes will require significant attention from investment managers. Eslake says there are many questions hanging over ...

The race is on for offshore investments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... also be important for Australian fund managers because of the ongoing market volatility in the wake of Donald Trump's election and Brexit; this is the point where fund managers, super funds and the FSC need to "talk about the value fund managers create." ...

SMSF investors trade during market volatility

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... 2016. Commsec analysis shows that during an August 2015 market downturn, the fallout after the Brexit vote, and the US election, SMSF investors were the most active investors in the retail segment, and traded on average 30% more than non-SMSFs. "Over ...