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New research director joins APP Securities

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
Following on from its partnership with Ignition Wealth, investment banking and stockbroking firm APP Securities has appointed a new research director to replace Russell Wright. David Fraser joins APP Securities from Shaw and Partners, where he was a ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
Forget about the ANZ and NAB's call for the RBA to remove at least the "emergency accommodation" that brought the official cash rate to a record low of 1.5%. If the recent trend in Australian consumer spending - or in this case, not spending - continues ...

AMP Capital invests in US telecoms giant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
AMP Capital closed a US$200 million mezzanine debt investment in the US' largest private owner and manager of communication infrastructure. AMP Capital's infrastructure debt team secured the investment in Vertical Bridge, which owns or leases towers ...

Ethical investing fruitful for income investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
Retirees looking to include preferences for high environmental, social and governance performance and reduced carbon in global equity dividend strategies can do so without forfeiting income, according to AXA Investment Managers. A recent study by the ...

Super fund property manager leads global sustainability ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
Superannuation backed unlisted property fund manager ISPT is celebrating after two of its funds achieved strong results in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark. GRESB ranked ISPT's 50 Lonsdale Street Property Trust (50 Lon) in the top 10% ...

SSGA fund divests tobacco and weapons

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
A State Street Global Advisors Australian-based fund with about $900 million under management is divesting from weapons and tobacco companies. The State Street Global Index Plus Trust, which invests in global companies and aims to outperform the MSCI ...

Fixed income manager opens Australian office

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
A European fixed income and active management specialist has opened an Australian office. BlueBay Asset Management appointed Ciaran McAssey to head its new Melbourne office. He has worked at the firm for more than five years and is currently head of ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Wage Price Index' report for the June quarter confirmed what we, Australians all, already know...wages growth remains sluggish. Even market consensus got it on point. Growth in total wages stood still at a ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Not happy Jan! This is the collective cry of Australian consumers according to the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey. Yet only a day before, the NAB business survey showed that business conditions in July were at their best ...

Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
The superannuation industry's failure to disclose evidence they have considered climate risk in their investment portfolios has left them vulnerable to legal action according to a financial services activist group. Analysis provided by Market Forces ...