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Economic experts still defensive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... slowdown in mining project investment, and faster growth still looked someway off. Lower share prices had improved valuations, but not to the extent of making Australian equities outright attractive as an investment. The panelists said for the Morningstar ...

Equity benchmarks too risky amid volatility: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... reliable returns from high quality companies with stable earnings, strong cash generation and growth potential. "Although valuations for some of these higher quality stocks may be greater than those in more volatile sectors, we believe these to be worth ...

Macquarie makes bid for listed property portal

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... "[assuming] a transaction will proceed." Onthehouse provides users with free access to extensive property listings and valuations and attracts nearly two million unique visitors per month. In October, the company announced it was seeking a joint venture ...

Martin Currie completes PK Investment Management deal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
... continued in 2016. "Whilst the stock market has doubled from the 2012 lows, profits have grown at the same pace and thus valuations are not as stretched as might be expected. With supportive central bank and government policies in place, allied to improving ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... higher when the liabilities consist of fixed investment returns or fixed benefits or fixed payout promises. From current valuations, the amount of assets will fall and the magnitude of the fall depends on the portfolio share invested in fixed income ...

OneVue sees growth in RE services

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... risk, alpha style opportunities, whilst investing outside of Australia has been driven by attractive opportunities and valuations in certain markets". OneVue had recently launched the NWQ Fiduciary Fund as a retail scheme and also YBR Protected Equities ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... returns achieved by APRA funds. "SMSF trustees have a bearish outlook at the moment, not surprising given recent market valuations but this is having a distinct impact on the investment decisions trustees are making, and in turn their funds' asset allocation," ...

Aspen revises fund merger proposal after Sunsuper bid

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... valued at 60c per APPF share: 29.8% premium to APPF's net asset value, approximately 17.5% to the fund's most recent valuations (at June 30), and a 2c premium over the recent off-market proposal to acquire the fund by a Sunsuper subsidiary. It has been ...

BGL and CoreLogic release desktop SMSF property tool

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... historical automated residential reports, desktop residential valuation assessments, commercial desktop and market valuations, rural valuations, title searches and depreciation schedules." CoreLogic head of valuation solutions Chris Spanos also commented ...

Lonsec rates several funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... gives investors access to international small to mid-sized privately owned businesses. "Being private companies, their valuations are based upon underlying earnings and are a reflection of how the business is actually performing. Subsequently, private ...