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Opportunities in EM debt rebound: Eaton Vance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Despite the dramatic rebound experienced in financial markets during the second quarter, Eaton Vance believes there are still pockets of opportunity in the emerging market sector. Buoyed by central bank and governmental policy responses around the world ...

Pandemic exacerbated retirement confidence: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
Research from State Street found Australian savers have been more likely to check their super and change investment strategies during the COVID-19 crisis. Around 42% of Australian savers have been negatively impacted financially by COVID-19, according ...

Charter Hall makes $214m warehouse play

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... HNW and SMSF investors." DIF4 fund manager Miriam Patterson said the acquisition will support the fund's current dividend yield of 6%. "The acquisition of the Penrith property enhances the fund's quality of income given the 20 year triple net lease ...

Saxo Markets adds options to platform

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... for a lower initial outlay than would be the case if they purchase shares directly, Saxo said. They also provide potential yield enhancement, with clients able to elect to sell options to earn additional income over and above dividends, it said. They ...

Chief economist update: BOJ takes breather on stimulus sprint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) took a breather in July, keeping its monetary policy settings and asset purchases unchanged, promising that: "For the time being, the Bank will closely monitor the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and will not hesitate ...

Australians without advice struggle in pandemic: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
New research has revealed the true value of advice, as the mental and financial wellbeing of Australia's unadvised population suffers from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Fidelity International's latest Pulse Survey, which gauged the mental and ...

Private equity weathers COVID-19 crisis: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
New research from asset consultant Willis Towers Watson has found that private equity investments have weathered the impact of the COVID-19 financial crisis, despite a subdued environment for exit deals in the first half of the year. In a survey of ...

RBA prepares to scale up bond buying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... functional. The RBA board decided to maintain the current policy settings, including the targets for the cash rate and the yield on three-year Australian government bonds of 25 basis points. Additionally, the RBA said while the government bond market ...

New private debt fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... partner Andrew Lockhart said. "Like all fixed income, it helps to provide portfolio diversification, along with a stable cash yield with low risk of capital loss compared to equities." It had about 150 individual investments as at July 1. The boutique ...

Eaton Vance wins super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... slice of equity allocations for its retired members, with the goal of providing downside protection while meeting specific yield targets. Australian Catholic Superannuation Retirement Fund currently has a third of its 90,000 members in the retirement ...