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Risk but no reward in institutional equities portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... Management peeked into the equities portfolios of 200 institutional managers and found nearly 66% of the risk they took didn't yield rewards. The quant manager studied 200 portfolios (1000 strategies totaling $200 billion plus in assets) and found uncompensated ...

Chief economist update: Lowe taking interest rates lower

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... mid-sized open economy in an interconnected world, so what happens abroad has an impact here on both our exchange rate and our yield curve. In the past, the interest differentials provided a reasonable gauge to the relative stance of monetary policy ...

Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut the foreign exchange risk reserve ratio for forward contracts to 0% from 20% over the weekend, effectively giving its blessing to currency traders to "get shorty". The PBOC imposed the 20% risk reserve ratio ...

Brisbane Mater acquired for $122.5m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... institute with gross assets of over $1 billion. The purchase price of $122.5 million upon completion reflects a passing yield of 4.84%, with fixed annual rental increases of 3%. The property is underpinned by a new 10-year lease to Mater with two five-year ...

New property fund launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... investors an unlisted, single asset, direct property fund with a seven year initial term, and initial forecast distribution yield of 7% per annum (FY22 annualised) paid quarterly and 96% of forecast net operation income either agreed or in active negotiation. ...

Low rates put retirees at risk: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... need to be 100% allocated to equities and greatly elevate their portfolio risk to meet most income needs in the current low yield environment, according to Vanguard. Vanguard's latest research paper titled An enduring solution for low yields found ...

Real estate manager launches fresh fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... acquiring the Riverside Plaza; a Coles supermarket shopping centre located in Queanbeyan, NSW. The plaza reflects a passing yield of 7.9% per annum, and a capital value of $2787 per square meter of lettable land, Elanor said. The 3.7 hectare site features ...

Chief economist update: October rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... swap rate dropped to a record low of 0.08%, the three-year Australian bill rate fell to 0.19%, and the 10-year Australia-US yield differential narrowed to 13 basis points compared with the 28 basis points on September 1. Last but certainly not least ...

AMP Capital launches infra debt strategy

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... Greca, reflects both the growing interest in the asset class by investors across the world who continue to seek out stable, yield-focused opportunities in increasingly volatile market conditions, and the tremendous growth in infrastructure investment ...

Chief economist update: RBA negative on negative interest rate policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... for the economic recovery". The first three were: "(1) buy bonds further out along the curve, supplementing the three-year yield target. Purchases would still be conducted to maintain the target for the three-year bond, but additional purchases could ...