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The sensitive conversations advisers shy away from

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... comfortable" with discussing financial coercion. Twenty-nine percent said they are "somewhat comfortable", while over 50% are "neutral". Jordan Vaka, an independent financial adviser at PlanningSolo, said advisers should firstly make sure they are comfortable ...

Property 'well-placed' for growth: Knight Frank

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... investors need to look beyond the timing of the first cut to the cash rate and instead tune into the evolving debate on the neutral interest rate and what it means for long-term interest rates, ensuring their strategy is adaptable to different scenarios," ...

Interest rates to remain on hold for some time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... easing over 2025, finishing the year with a cash rate of 3.35%. "This is a touch below the RBA's estimate of the nominal neutral cash rate, which is centred on a point estimate of 3.5%," he said.

Magellan launches first Vinva funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2024
... Vinva's diversified equity portfolios through an active, systematic approach. Their portfolios are designed to be style neutral, with a focus on delivering consistent medium to long-term investment outperformance, Magellan said. Vinva managing director ...

BNP Paribas shutters EARTH Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
... investment products." At the time, BNP Paribas said the trust offered "a market first - an environmentally focused market-neutral strategy for sustainable portfolios." The trust ran a global equity long/short strategy that held long positions in innovative ...

Janus Henderson to buy private credit manager Victory Park Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
... transaction is anticipated to close in the fourth quarter of 2024, pending regulatory approvals and is expected to have a neutral to positive impact on earnings per share in 2025. Pacific Current could also receive up to an additional US$28.7 million ...

Pinnacle FUM soars 20%, introduces new boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
... Cycle Investment Partners, formerly Royal London Asset Management. Led by Peter Rutter, the new boutique offers style-neutral, long-only, global equities. Pinnacle flagged it will add further distribution resources to the new affiliate. Some 85% of the ...

MLC investment chief shares portfolio plans

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... portfolio returns, Farmer said that MLC has landed on a position that doesn't sound particularly inspiring, remaining neutral on equities. Positively, Farmer noted strong underlying economic conditions are strong, no expected recession, decent corporate ...

Markets look to US rate cuts as inflation falls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has indicated that a cooling labour market has alleviated inflation pressures, signalling to investors that interest rate cuts could be on the horizon. June's US consumer price index (CPI) data revealed a rise of 3% from ...

Experts weigh in: Will the RBA hike rates again?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... bank is still anticipating the next move will be down. "The board did not reinstate its hiking bias and maintained the neutral stance it shifted to at the March board meeting, as we anticipated," Aird said. "Our base case sees the RBA on hold until the ...