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Margin lending investors keen to borrow more

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... existing shareholdings or to acquire shares or managed funds that may have been on the watch list for some time. With interest rates at historic lows, those with a longer term investment horizon can benefit by building a bigger holding in sectors with ...

Assets mispriced by monetary policy: Nikko

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... 2017 Market Outlook in Sydney, global head of multi-asset Al Clark argued markets are adjusted for deflation even as interest rates appear to have "bottomed out." He said that monetary policy has exhausted its usefulness as a "blunt instrument" and economies ...

DNR Capital adds two investment platforms

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... returned 10.48% per annum. "We have a high exposure to US-exposed companies, are underweight stocks benefiting from lower interest rates, are overexposed to companies that benefit from infrastructure stimulus, and remain invested in quality companies ...

Meat industry super fund CIO departs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
The chief investment officer of the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF) resigned from her position. Mary McLaughlin was CIO at MIESF from 2013. In a statement, she said that her time at the fund had been "very interesting and the fund ...

CBA to pay $23 million for poor advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... by Promontory to have received poor advice which resulted in the loss of money and offered compensation, inclusive of interest. "The update from Promontory today is another step towards our goal of putting things right for customers who received poor ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... recent outcomes, but to remain moderate. Some further pick-up in non-mining business investment is also expected." Low interest rates and the Australian dollar's depreciation since 2013 supports this outlook, although the RBA did mention that "an appreciating ...

Half of Australian households will be retire ready

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... Elkins's outlook for millennials remained positive, though; she cited the fact that younger generations are taking a keener interest in superannuation, consolidating accounts into one super fund and contributing a little more each week. In the 60 to ...

Bendigo targets ethically conscious investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The wealth division of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is targeting younger investors with the launch of a socially responsible growth fund. The bank said the fund will be offered as both a standalone fund for investors and as a choice in its Bendigo SmartStart ...

Bond investors urged to play tactics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... hand and capital preservation on everyone's mind in a 'Trump gone mad world.' Access to the widest range of credit and interest rate securities that guarantee regular interest and certainty of maturity will be paramount to ensure stability in investors' ...

Real assets courting insto appetites in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... that institutions have needed to rethink their cash allocations and views on risk." "The tide of institutional investor interest in less liquid assets is turning into a wave, with a significant uptick in allocations anticipated as they seek alternative ...