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Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... consistent positive returns in an increasingly difficult market. "With fixed income assets generating such a low yield, when interest rates rise it's going to be very difficult to claw back any capital losses that ensue," he said. "All the Anglo-Saxon ...

ACR files claim against The Trust Company

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
A debenture holder of Australian Capital Reserve (ACR) filed a legal claim in the Federal Court of Australia against The Trust Company (Nominees), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Trust Company. ACR entered on voluntary administration on May 27, 2007 ...

Investment in alternative assets on the rise globally

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... assets in 2013. This compared with only 18% in Asia, and 28% in the Americas. Overall, 72% of respondents expressed most interest in real estate, with infrastructure a close second. Commodities were least appealing, attracting 18% of respondents. Meanwhile ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... is great as a destination for Japanese capital, not just because of the trade links but because Australia still has an interest rate and still has a AAA rating. There's going to be tens of billions of dollars flowing this way."

Government to update More Super calculator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The federal government plans to update the More Super calculator to take into account increases to the Super Guarantee (SG) which will come into effect on 1 July. The More Super calculator allows users to find out how much super they will have accumulated ...

William Blair targets super fund investors with 'game theory'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
Chicago-based asset manager William Blair's head of dynamic allocation strategies Brian Singer has been in Australia promoting the firm's Macro Allocation Fund to institutional investors. The strategy is centred on the investment philosophy of 'game ...

Empty orchestra

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... another. I'm also sure that most playing the financial market game understand the dynamics between economic growth and interest rates. But nah, Kuroda has to say it to our faces - that is, to expect bond yields to rise as the economy improves. Now I'm ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... of a slowing Chinese economy, there was scope for the Reserve Bank of Australia to consider further cuts to official interest rates, Ms Chan said. "It just bodes well I suppose for the RBA to now rethink and have a look," Ms Chan said. In other news ...

ASIC appeals Macquarie's Storm settlement

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has appealed against the Federal Court's decision to approve a settlement between the former clients of Storm Financial and Macquarie Bank. The settlement follows a class action brought against ...

Platinum remains bullish on Japan

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
Profits for Japanese companies are set to get higher despite the country already being in a bull market said Kerr Neilson, chief executive and founder of Platinum Asset Management. In an interview with Financial Standard, Neilson said the fund manager ...