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Brace for 5% returns from global stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... markets...Our expectation of 5.4% of emerging market equity returns, driven primarily by China and Asia, is a mere 0.6% return premium to developed markets." In fixed income, it expects an interest of 1% from 10-year US Treasury Bonds. Global high yield ...

Legalsuper appoints executive, increases premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... applications for early release have tended to be younger members and smaller legal practices," he said. Proebstl added that the premium changes reflect the changes in the broader insurance industry, but the fund still engaged Rice Warner to conduct an ...

Industry fund hikes premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... $1.38 - up 38%. Intrust said the increases to are to offset the impact of "several legislative and economic factors". "Our premium rates have been very good value for many years, and so, despite the increase, we expect our rates will remain competitive," ...

First State Super makes first take-private bid

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... dividend of 10 cents per OptiComm share (which would be deducted from the $5.85 per share cash consideration). This is a premium of 12.5% to the all-cash consideration offered under the Uniti scheme, as well as a 16.77% premium to the implied value of ...

Investment consultant adds to insurance team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... expansion of its insurance focus is in response to the increasingly complex needs of the sector, which is facing lower premium revenue and increased potential claim experience. It said these challenges are exacerbated by COVID-19 leading to further reductions ...

Instos dial up alternatives allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... and sovereign wealth funds. The prospect of higher long-term returns (44%), risk management (43%) and the illiquidity premium (43%) are also driving instos to seek shelter in the asset class. More specifically, private debt is the most popular investment ...

WAM makes LIC takeover bid

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... performance and management woes. WAM is offering shareholders two of its shares for 3.7 CLF shares, representing a 15.2% premium to CLF's share price on September 2 and a 7.6% premium to its reported pre-tax net tangible assets at July 31. CLF shares ...

Count Financial faces class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
Class action proceedings have been filed against Count Financial, a former subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia after contravening its obligations under the Corporations Act. The proceedings filed by Piper Alderman in the Federal Court of Australia ...

LIC seeks conversion to ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... Income Trust. Over the years, LICs and LITs have tried many measures to solve the problem of them trading at a discount or premium to the value of underlying assets. This includes buying back units, changing managers or strategy, merging with an existing ...

Investor expectations pie in the sky: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Australian investors have unrealistic investment return expectations in relation to their portfolio construction and need to adopt a different strategy to achieve expected returns, according to a new survey from Schroders. The Schroders Global Investor ...