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Super fund awards Aussie equity mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... factor-based methodology includes a 100% stock equity exposure with lower beta via the options overlay strategy, and high yield derived from dividends as well as option income. These two sources of yield provide for more stability over time through different ...

Vanguard lowers fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... see a fee reduction of two basis points, to 0.16% per annum. Vanguard has also reduced fees on its Australian Shares High Yield Index Fund by three basis points - moving it to 0.35%. The Vanguard Australian Government Bond Index Fund will see the largest ...

Asset manager eyes Australian market

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... partnered with Brookvine as it tries to tap institutional and wholesale investors in Australia and New Zealand for its high yield fund. Moneda Asset Management is the largest dedicated investor in Latin American high yield debt with USD$2.8 billion invested ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... domestic monetary policy based on our domestic conditions and outlook, not on global circumstances. But as the inverted US yield curve forewarns, America would be in recession 12-18 months from today. This outlook explains why despite low to very low ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... such similar expectations for the Bank of Japan (BOJ). With the BOJ's policy rate currently at negative 0.1% and its "yield curve control" measure keeping the yield on 10-year JGBs at "around zero percent", the Japanese central bank cannot lower ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... markets recent rally is that on a relative basis the domestic economy's outlook fares relatively better than the US (yield curve inversion predicts a coming recession); the low growth economies of the Eurozone and Japan and though it's at par ...

J.P. Morgan wins custody mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... with J.P. Morgan with a new mandate. Neuberger Berman used J.P. Morgan as custodian when it launched its $413 million high-yield fixed income listed investment trust last year. It is now expanding the relationship to appoint J.P. Morgan to provide custodian ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... least once this year have been mounting because the global slowdown is beginning to hit closer to home, with the inverted US yield curve predicting a looming recession. This has been underscored by the latest disappointing US employment report - up by ...

Chief economist update: The path of monetary policy according to Lowe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... negative impact on already slowing global growth, and the rising likelihood of a US recession (as indicated by the inverted yield curve) make this a real possibility. Governor Philip Lowe's statement after the conclusion of the RBA's June 4 board ...

Chief economist update: US recession in the offing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... admonitions to the Fed to cut interest rates were correct all along, their hefty prices to pay for the looming US recession. The yield differential between the yield on US 10-year Treasuries and 3-month US bills - the best predictor of US recessions ...