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Global infrastructure need deepens profit opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... bond yields rise, it quickly recovers as 'user pays' assets tend to outperform as a result of being geared for growth and macro recovery. "Similarly, as bond yields start declining, investors look for defensive havens and infrastructure assets outperform. ...

Global economy biased toward active management

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
A majority of investors are turning to actively managed investments in times of economic volatility, new research by global asset manager Natixis found. Eight in ten (79%) investors said they favour active managers to help generate alpha in this current ...

Fund managers on fixed income recruitment drive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... announced two internal appointments: Stephen Hannaford was promoted to senior portfolio manager and given oversight for macro credit research and portfolio construction; and Dominik Dumaine was confirmed as senior credit analyst covering energy, metals ...

Fearless forecasting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... "underpinned by a booming superannuation sector and the nation's status as a "growth haven". "Jason Todd, head of Australian macro-economic research at Macquarie, said Australia's super pool, which is expected to rise from $2.3 trillion to around $8.8 ...

RARE fund receives Lonsec tick

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... to portfolio construction has allowed the investment committee the flexibility to manage the fund through ever-changing macro environments. The RARE Infrastructure Income Fund targets a portfolio yield of 5% pa (net of withholding tax) and a real total ...

Decidedly undecided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
"The French complain of everything, and always," Napoleon Bonaparte once said. The French made known their disenchantment with the establishment political parties - both the Republican and Socialist parties failed to garner enough support to make it ...

Sovereign wealth fund growth steady

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
The total assets under management held in sovereign wealth funds globally levelled over the past two years, seeing growth of 1% between March 2016 and March 2017. The 2017 Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund Review found assets grew to US$6.59 trillion from ...

Family office manager expands

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... senior portfolio manager is Brendan Paul. He takes the role of after spending four years at MST Capital, a multi-strategy macro discretionary hedge fund, where he managed global investments across credit, equities and foreign exchange. Prior to this ...

Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... still uncertain whether this becomes a new trend. Recall that house lending re-accelerated after slowing when APRA tightened macro-prudential regulation back in 2015. However, there is also reason to be more optimistic this time for this slowing trend ...

ESG risk tool launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... regulations. In phase one of its rollout, it maps out a 'risk exposure' of more than 50,000 business and geographic segments to 22 macro risk factors, such as carbon regulation, water stressed regions, and corruption risks. It will also provide additional ...