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Bentham opens fund to retail investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... potential returns over the medium return remain attractive, with credit spreads trading above historical averages. "With rates normalising and credit spreads at current levels, returns from fixed income and credit look attractive relative to many other ...

Rising costs bite asset owners

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... investors are now facing cost-additive pressures. "This is a real contrast versus the previous decade, when low interest rates, downward pressure on management fees and improved (though still imperfect!) transparency helped considerably to reduce like-for-like ...

Cbus delivers strong returns, grapples property headwinds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... negative return which has had a small impact on total return," Chatfield said. He attributed the softness to rising cap rates and increasing vacancies, especially in office spaces due to the proliferation of work from home. Nonetheless, around 18 months ...

MSCI ponders reclassifying Nigeria, Egypt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... liquidity in the market, leading to constant capital repatriation concerns and a gap between the parallel and official exchange rates for the Nigerian Naira, it said. "This has persistently caused index replicability and investability issues for international ...

TelstraSuper introduces new option, drops premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... however the fund said the smallest saving is still 11.5%. TelstraSuper has also secured another three years of "competitive rates" for death and TPD cover, it said. TelstraSuper head of insurance and claims Fiona La Greca described it as a great outcome ...

Centuria looks to grow WA portfolio

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
... offer to consumers during that period as well in terms of home delivery and click and collect," he said. And while interest rates still impact all retail assets, McCully said the fundamentals of neighbourhood shopping centers and community hubs are going ...

Next RBA boss to be picked in July: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
... gone out of my way to focus on my job. The point that I made at the time - which I think is self-evident - is when interest rates go it makes it harder for people to pay the bills," he said. He noted that when rates go up Australians find extra repayments ...

US recession possible, but recovery would be strong: Capital Group

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
... a recession, we can start to see signs of stress- companies and consumers typically have over-borrowed, and as interest rates go up, they start to worry about their ability to repay those debts, and that's what causes the collapse in confidence and ...

Dexus assets drop by $1bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023
... Steinberg said the value of the office portfolio decreased 7.7% on prior book values which was driven by higher capitalisation rates and discount rates, partially offset by market rental growth. "The industrial portfolio decreased by circa 0.2% on prior ...

Epsilon launches second Australian fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... loans made to property-related financing." Epsilon co-founding partner Mick Wright-Smith added inflation, high-interest rates and low GDP growth has impacted corporate cashflows. "But the middle market remains resilient due to its more conservative borrowing ...