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Hunter Hall shareholders urged to hold the line

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Hunter Hall's independent directors impelled shareholders to ignore increased takeover bids from Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Pinnacle Investment Management. On Friday, Pinnacle announced it was increasing its takeover offer for all shares in Hunter ...

Females and Gen Y expecting less

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Australian women's expectation of a well-paid job earns $14,000 less a year than that of a man's. Research commissioned by NAB shows Australian men consider a salary of $127,271 as being well-paid, yet their female counterparts are happy to settle for ...

Industry funds secure stake in QLD airport

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... years," Jamieson said. "It is the product of the extensive work council has undertaken to generate national and global interest in the airport - and indeed the Sunshine Coast itself - through our investment missions and the connections made with institutional ...

Look offshore for income: SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... solely in domestic assets. A new paper from State Street Global Advisors' SPDR ETF business argues that because of low interest rates and the heavy sector concentration in the local share market, it makes more sense than ever to invest in high-yielding ...

Bonds aiding not-for-profit investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... increasingly popular among not-for-profit and charity organisations as they seek to make returns on donations in the face of low interest rates. The combination of scarce donor capital and historically low rates has placed NFP trustees and treasury managers ...

Mexican pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... stem the peso's decline and its flow through into consumer price inflation, Banco de Mexico has responded by raising interest rates. The Mexican central bank lifted its key interest rates by another 50 basis points to 6.25% on 9 February. This is the ...

J.P. Morgan fund highly recommended

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... relevant objectives. "With the current push to low-cost strategies and the rise in passive, we are seeing considerable interest from advisers, and the feedback we have had is that the funds provide good value as a core fund above a pure passive solution," ...

AMP cops short-term pain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... more than $3.4 billion year on year to about $1 billion, which was partly offset by the increased institutional investor interest in infrastructure and property. Much of AMP's overall losses were attributed to action taken to stabilise its wealth protection ...

Veteran Nikko strategist retires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... Tyndall in Australia and New Zealand under its global brand, Bridges took on his current role as global currency and interest rate strategist and worked with Nikko's global investment team. Nikko said there would be a seamless transition following Bridges' ...

Equities manager awarded $48m mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... we call our 'Ideal Investing' approach." Youngman added: "Ausbil is positioning for the next phase of our growth and interest levels for our New York Life affiliates, in particular, the Candriam Sustainable Global Equity strategy and the Mackay Shields ...