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Aussie active managers underperform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
Rainmaker research revealed that over the three years to June 2019 the median managers in all active investment categories underperformed their respective benchmark returns. The research looked at active core, high performance and small companies funds. ...

Chief economist update: This is a job for the RBA (and the Treasury)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... it meets on the first Tuesday of October - taking the official cash rate to a new record low of 0.75%. The All Ordinaries index gained 0.5% and the yield on 10-year Australian government bonds fell to 1.06% (1.13%) as investors switched to these relatively ...

Mercer unveils best-performing Aussie equity funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
Mercer has named the top-performing Australian equities funds for the 2019 financial year. Mercer's latest Investment Survey found Martin Currie's Australia Real Income strategy delivered 18.8% in the year to June 2019. BlackRock Equitised Long ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... I see..." - Karen Carpenter Not long now - just less than a percentage away (0.8% to be exact) - and the All Ordinaries index would top the all-time high of 6,853.57 points it reached on the 1 November 2007. It closed at 6,800.86 points at the end of ...

Chief economist update: Surveys back All Ords climb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... by the developing US-Iran stoush), the Australian equity market keeps on climbing. This year-to-date, the All Ordinaries index has rallied by 19.7%, outperforming both developed equities (+15.6%) and emerging markets (+10%). While the S&P 500 index hit ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Just a weetle more, a weetle more... a little more push higher and sooner than soon, the All Ordinaries index would satisfy the technical definition of a bull market - a 20% rally from its nearest low - and onwards towards topping its record high of ...

Chief economist update: June RBA rate cut not a sure bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... exporters' competitiveness, and lift offshore earnings through currency translations effects all sent the All Ordinaries index 0.7% up at the close of trading. These are perfectly rational expectations and rational financial market reactions to the ...

Why the RBA has reason to cut rates in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... published in late 2018. With cheaper equity prices resulting from last year's 7.4% negative return from the All Ordinaries index, it's risk on. What could be more mouth-watering for investors than cheaper equity market valuation and better returns ...

Pengana merger pays off for WHSP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... times. "The company lifted its dividend for the 18th straight year and is only one of two companies in the ASX All Ordinaries Index to achieve that feat." WHSP director declared a fully franked dividend of 33 cents per share, an increase of 3.1% over ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... Julia Gillard started the trend of back-knifing leaders in 2007. Yes, Australia... this is a thing now. The All Ordinaries index ended the week of 20-24 August down 1.1% when most other equity markets around the world registered gains - the MSCI equity ...