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Fund manager sells all shares ahead of crash

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
A veteran fund manager is liquidating all unit trust assets and handing back mandates due to a "clear and present danger" in property and equity markets. Altair Asset Management chair and chief investment officer Philip Parker explained he had sold ...

Global real estate investors too nonchalant: Man GPM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
Investors will benefit from focusing on defensive strategies within property portfolios as the overall real estate market may be gearing up for a correction. Man Global Private Markets' co-head of real assets Mikko Syrjanen believes there are too many ...

Good to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... indices have continued to rise above or near record highs. And this, despite what's generally considered as expensive valuation. If the latest American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) survey (week ending 24 May) is any indication, further ...

Victorian DB liabilities hit $44bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... is primarily attributable to favourable movements in the Commonwealth bond rates that underlie the key superannuation valuation assumptions. Higher than expected investment returns on superannuation assets also contributed to this gain," the Statement ...

Value set for comeback: Nikko AM

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... 2016 quarter. This followed on from Nikko's earlier predictions in April, where the firm noted a "huge divergence in valuation between value stocks and expensive stocks in Australia, as well as globally." This was driven by very low bond yields and long-lasting ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Threats and counter threats are coming in fast between the United States and North Korea suggesting that neither side is backing down from a full-scale armed (nuclear or conventional) confrontation. On his visit to Seoul, US vice-president Mike Pence ...

No such thing as a must own company: Analyst

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... said. "There can be quite a difference in reported profitability, depending on the accounting methodology adopted." Valuation is not the only important consideration for Davis; their investment approach also looks for quality businesses with a durable ...

RBA zeroes in on balance sheets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... prices rise and they think prices will always rise?" Bullock noted that the proportion of loans that are high loan-to-valuation ratios have fallen, which is something "positive," indicating more resilience in balance sheets. "We're seeing things pick ...

SMSFs benefit from DomaCom deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
DomaCom completed its first fractional property acquisition transaction via managedaccounts.com.au. Undertaking the transaction on behalf of Sydney-based advisory group Benwest Investment Services, DomaCom chief executive Arthur Naoumidis said the firm ...

Wednesday delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... policies on trade and immigration and "border tax plan" on imports. Not to mention, the US equity market's expensive valuation. The S&P 500 index is currently trading at 17.6 times expected earnings. This compares with its 10-year average of 14.1 times. ...