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Aussie funds among the world's largest asset owners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... more than 18% to US$1.3 trillion year-on-year. WTW head of manager research Dania Zinurova said: "There is an increasing interest from investors in high conviction active strategies in Australia, specifically in equities, and we see boutique start-ups ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper oil greases wheels of growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... flow-on effects of lower oil prices in inflation would inspire central banks (especially in emerging markets) to go slow on interest rate hikes.

ALP victory to have meaningful impact: Daintree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... If it's Daintree, great." Tyler said he would be happy given the current climate to take long positions in Australian interest rates, adding a Labor victory would likely push the RBA from 2019 to 2020, anchoring the short end of the Australian yield ...

AustralianSuper changes property option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
AustralianSuper is changing the terms of its property option but says it is not in response to an impending property crash. Starting November 19, Australia's largest super fund will put a 70% cap on the amount that a member can invest in its property ...

Hedge funds fall out of favour with instos: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... lion's share (40%) of institutional investors' alternatives portfolios, private equity managers are seeing heightened interest in their products. About a third of the 60 institutional investors canvassed in EY's Global Hedge Fund Survey plan ...

More than half of advisers without association membership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... As the FPA and AFA are the dominant industry bodies, these figures may swell in the coming year as both have flagged interest in becoming code monitoring bodies in line with the new requirement for advisers to comply with a code of ethics by January ...

Chief economist update: As safe as Australian houses?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... orderly but it also raises doubt with regards to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) statement that the next move in interest rates will likely be up. Although that's still within the realms of the possible given the continued strength in the ...

Scrapping LRBAs would be detrimental to investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... balance currently standing at $134.9 million at an average loan size of $548,000. The repayment type is split between interest only at 21.5% and principal and interest at 78.5%. The average loan-to-value ratio (LVR) is 63.9%. Self-employed borrowers ...

Chief economist update: Oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... rising inflation in their respective domestic economies. This has prompted many emerging market central banks to raise interest rates, damping business activity and hence, demand for crude. In a phrase, the synchronised economic upswing that prevailed ...

Mercer, Kogan to launch super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... Aussies to retain and preserve more of their personal wealth," he said. "Albert Einstein once said that 'compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn't, pays it'. Every Australian should ...