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Aussie investment gurus delve into alternatives

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
Australia's investment elite are backing alternatives over the coming year and a half, with an eye towards mitigating market volatility and generating solid returns. Real assets such as infrastructure and real estate continue to be the Australian investor's ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Real Income Fund Nikko AM Australian Share Income Fund Plato Australian Shares Income Fund Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF AUSTRALIAN EQUITIES - SMALL CAP Australian Ethical Emerging Companies Fund Macquarie Australian Small Comp Fund OC Micro-Cap ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
The S&P/ASX 200 Index has broken the 7000 mark following news of Trump and China finally signing a trade deal, but analysts remain wary of the new record high. The Index gained 47 points on Thursday to finish at 7041.8, setting a new record high for ...

Chief economist update: Fundamentally overvalued

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... at least another 25 basis points to 0.5% this year. This would certainly prompt many an Australian investor to reach for yield, which they have been forced to do given low offerings from bank deposits (0%), fixed-term deposits (around 1.5%) and 1.19% ...

Most traded stocks, ETFs of 2019 revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... amongst clients were Vanguard offerings with the Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF and Australian Shares High Yield ETF making the list alongside the other most popular Vanguard ETFs. Saxo Australia chief executive Adam Smith said: "Even though ...

VanEck launches new income product

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... The ETF provider has drawn on research house Lonsec's portfolio construction expertise to strategically allocate assets to yield income in an era of prolonged low interest rates. The Income ETF Model Portfolio will have greater exposure to Australian ...

Goldman Sachs realigns reporting structure

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... first time shed light on its consumer business; namely its digital platform Marcus, which provides personal loans and high-yield savings (1.7%) to consumers, as well as the bank's credit card (the Apple Card), which had previously been reported in a ...

Chief economist update: Stock rally heralds 2020 cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... advanced by 24.0% this year to date. This is a sharp turnaround from last year's loss of 9.1% and five months before the US yield curve - the differential between the yield on US 10-year Treasuries and 3-month bills - started to invert. The same ...

Where to invest when a GFC looms

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... rationale for staying put is simply the direct conflict presented by an aging bull market for equities and an extended low yield environment for fixed income," Natixis said in the report. "With stocks in the tenth year of a bull market, and indexes delivering ...

Chief economist update: Has the Fed conquered the yield curve?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
... rate. Seems so easy to kill Bill and his team with this so "off the mark" prediction. Then again, a look back at the US yield curve gave me pause for thought that... Bill could be correct. For sure, the US yield curve - yield differential between 10-year ...