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L1 Capital fund recommended

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... investment team and shrewd investors. L1 Capital co-chief investment officer Mark Landau said the firm has seen increased interest in the product from advisers. "Equities will likely experience more volatility, given rising US interest rates and the ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... believes the world is in a synchronised upturn with reflation and profits returning, a surging confidence and rising interest rates, and the next bull market being in salary and wages. "That global upturn is spreading, we're seeing some great shoots ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... policy settings as they are at the conclusion of its 30-31 monetary policy meeting. The Policy Board kept the policy interest rate unchanged at -0.1%, maintained its 10-year government bond yield target at around zero and JGB purchases "at more or less ...

ASIC targets NAB super after compliance breakdown

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... will undergo a review of NULIS' risk management procedures, product change implementation and potential conflicts of interest within the NAB super business. "The additional conditions imposed on NULIS' AFS licence reflect ASIC's priority of improving ...

Equip eyes merger with Rio Tinto plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
EquipSuper and the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund (RTSSF) are in the final stages of merger talks. The $7 billion super fund confirmed the possible amalgamation; a step that would see its assets almost double to $13.5 billion and membership grow ...

A bump up in credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... credit growth quickened from 5.4% in November to 5.6% last month - the fastest since August last year (when the RBA cut interest rates from 1.75% to 1.50%). Loans to businesses grew the fastest over the month of December (up 1.1% from 0.6%). Housing ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... that happens. If it does happen, it won't happen tomorrow. "As we look around the world there are still historically low interest rates. Some important centres in the world are more or less in negative territory. We do think on balance it's still a low ...

New hedge funds for BetaShares

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
Capitalising on the success of its currency-based exchange traded product series, BetaShares launched two exchange traded hedge funds today. The ETP manager has made available the BetaShares Strong Australian Dollar Fund (AUDS) and the BetaShares Strong ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... will consumer prices. More so, given that the US economy is nearing or now at full employment. This means that the three interest rate hikes expected from the Fed this year could become four or five. It's not beyond the Fed to do this. For example, it ...

Australia must curtail its debt binge in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... comments echo a recent Auscap report, which found that the conditions driving up real estate prices in Australia - low interest rates, high debt levels, low unemployment and strong economic growth - have led to "excesses in the system." Auscap said that ...