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Pendal cuts fees on equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... current marketplace," a spokesperson said. The fund's annualised performance since inception and after fees is 10.16%, above the 9.75% per annum return of its benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets (Standard) Index (Net Dividends) in AUD. However, at December ...

Pension assets climb towards $50 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... decade-long trend of funds developing stronger strategies around their people," she said. "Larger funds, particularly those above US$25 billion, continued to build larger and more sophisticated internal teams, with stronger leadership through CEO and ...

PIMCO puts Aussie LIT on ice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... have delayed our launch to allow the consultation period to run its course, after which we will confirm new timing...As above, and to allow for greater clarity in the market around this issue," a spokesperson for PIMCO Australia said. PIMCO said it had ...

Overhaul bites Deutsche Bank bottom line

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... against unexpected losses, such as those occurred during a financial crisis. The bank aims to meet its target of a CET1 ratio above 12.5% at all times during 2022. Deutsche Bank has also been working to reduce its leverage exposure. In the fourth quarter ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... evolving needs of the retail investing population." * The S&P 500 Shiller CAPE Ratio is currently at a level of 30.91, well above the average of 16.80. This indicates we are due for low returns in the coming years. (High ratio = low returns, low ratio ...

Beware the retirement trap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... This retirement trap results from the reduction of age pension entitlements as assets and income in retirement increase above certain thresholds. In bad news for many, this new analysis indicates that to safely escape the retirement trap retirees will ...

Aussie stocks burnt in blaze

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements, the Federal Government covers 50-75% of the recovery costs incurred by the States above given thresholds meaning the total cost is largely out of the Federal Government's control. S&P have confirmed they ...

American private debt fund eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... funds, an opportunistic credit vehicle that will invest in about 20 to 25 earlier stage companies, with a return target of above 10%. The capacity is USD $500 million to $600 million. The second option, is an asset income strategy, with a lower return ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... the unemployment expectations index fell by 2.9% in the month of January from December. But the reading of 134.0 points is above its long-term average of 130.0 and is 8.4% higher than a year ago. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release ...

The ingredients of a successful fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... no single template that managers can follow to succeed. We have reviewed successful managers that do not align with the above and unsuccessful ones that mirror the ideal template," the report reads. "Overall, Zenith believes a team's ideal structure ...