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Healthcare property produces double digit returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... successful companies and this makes an investment in healthcare property distinctly different to other property sectors where there isn't that degree of tenant stability," Smith said. "Assets are still more thinly traded than other sectors, but we are ...

Combination of fiscal and monetary policy essential for Japan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... we have seen a revision back to fiscal policy in Japan, something which alone won't deliver the needed impact. "The record isn't great with fiscal policy doing much in terms of any permanent effects, is it going to be different this time? I suspect the ...

Investors missing healthy returns amid bond fears

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
The fear of negative interest rates keeping retail investors out of bond markets isn't just overlooking the defensive role of the asset class within portfolios, it's also leaving a surprisingly healthy return on the table. That's an argument put forward ...

Schroders joins exchange-quoted managed fund game

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... with the ASX ticker GROW, the new structure becomes the first active, global multi-asset exchange traded managed fund that isn't a hedge fund made available on the ASX. Schroder Investment Management Australia chief executive Greg Cooper, said the move ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... from 0.6 in the previous month and expectations for a 2.5 print. While shipments rose to a reading of plus 9 in August, this isn't expected to be sustained given the weakness in new orders - unchanged at a low plus 1.0 reading. The employment component ...

ANZ nine-month cash profit down

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... banks to adopt new technologies and excel at productivity. "I think we're getting ourselves ready for the long term. This isn't just a short-term, tactical approach to some dark clouds on the horizon. We basically think we're in for a lower growth environment ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... billion are intended to run until the end of March 2017 "or beyond". The decision not to do anything is not because the ECB isn't itching to race - "...the Governing Council will act by using all instruments available within its mandate. So I would stress ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... prices and low global inflationary expectations and European deflation. Price wars opening between retail consumer chains isn't helping reverse the sentiment however. UK's inflation target is 2%, a level it hasn't been near since early 2014. Australia ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... 11:00 am on the same day. Global investors' unrealistic expectations If investing in an increasingly hard to predict world isn't complex enough for fiduciaries, a study released by Schroders, their Schroders Global Investor Study 2016, reveals what they ...

PROFILE: Metlife chief executive Deanne Stewart

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... inside an organisation. People come to work every day and they look to their leader, they look to their peers as to what is and isn't acceptable. "So many companies in this industry say that it's the customer first, it's the people first but actually ...