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Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
Quantitative easing. Negative interest rates. Quantitative and Qualitative easing with a negative interest rate. All of the above plus promises of more. The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) big bazookas proved no match for US ...

La Trobe P2P option gets SQM rating

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Ratings organisation SQM Research has given La Trobe Financial's Peer-to-Peer (P2P) investment option with a superior 4 star rating. SQM Research head Louis Christopher said: "The fund has outperformed the peer group and SQM Research's comparative benchmark ...

BondAdviser launches new portfolio on HUB24

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... of the RBA cash rate plus 1.5 per cent and an Investment Management Fee of 0.25% p.a. (inc. GST). BondAdviser head of research, Nicholas Yaxley said he was pleased to be bringing a new fixed income solution to all independent advisers. "In today's low-interest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Australia private sector credit The A$ has weakened slightly after climbing to a nine-month high of US$0.7723 overnight. But at the latest exchange of US$0.7667, it remains 5.0% higher than its level at the start of 2016 and 11.7% up from this year's ...

Active management tax effects erode investor returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
Any pre-tax alpha gained by active fund managers can be absorbed by detrimental tax effects according to new research from the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR). Continuing its research in active management, CIFR has examined the ...

Small caps beating blue chips: Lonsec

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
Small cap shares have outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 index for the first time in four years, according to Lonsec research. As Lonsec's Australian Equities Smaller Company Sector Review noted, the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index returned 10.2% in 2015 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
Australia migration The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the percentage of Australian born overseas reached their highest level in "over a century" (120 years). As at 30 June 2015, 28.2% -- or 6.7 million -- of the country's resident ...

Managed funds back on the menu for investors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Domestic market volatility has driven investors back to professional fund managers, according to Investment Trends Research. Based on a survey of 9,793 Australian investors, Investment Trends' 2015 Investor Product Needs Report notes that although unlisted ...

State Street SHE Index aimed at capitalising on diversity

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... average of just 16% of the members of executive teams. The findings in the United States echo those in Australia. Recent research by Rainmaker SelectingSuper shows superannuation funds led by women, or with significant governance representation, out-perform ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Australia retirement and retirement intentions The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) survey (conducted 2014-15) on retirement and retirement intentions show that Australians intend to work longer than ever before. The survey - which started a few ...