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Blue Sky chair steps down amid business restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... billion. Underlying net profit after tax guidance was revised from $34-36 million to $20-25 million. After these revisions, SQM Research downgraded two Blue Sky funds to "unapproved" and "low investment grade." Blue Sky's Alternatives Access Fund was ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... attention to how fund managers, financial advisers, researchers and analysts build investment portfolios for market crises. SQM Research head of research Robert da Silva says behavioural insights over the past decade show people do not always act rationally ...

Centuria bets on ex-CBD Sydney office building

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
The $4.6 billion specialist investment manager has leveraged its partnership with a wholesale investor to acquire a Sydney office building located about seven kilometers away from the CBD, as it sees strong performance in the NSW metropolitan office ...

Blue Sky funds downgraded after profit revisions

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
Two Blue Sky funds have been rated "unapproved" and "low investment grade" by SQM Research after the manager conceded it had fallen short of shareholder expectations. Blue Sky's Alternatives Access Fund was downgraded to 3.25 stars and recommended as ...

La Trobe marches credit fund beyond $2bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... term, the 12 Month Term Account, also recently achieved its own $1 billion milestone. In its most recent ratings review paper, SQM Research said: "The fund [12 Month Term Account] has consistently outperformed the benchmark and the peer average and managed ...

Charter Hall, ISPT boost property portfolios

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
Charter Hall will build a $200 million office tower in Melbourne's CBD following receipt of development approval from the Victorian Government. The Charter Hall Office Trust received approval for a new 22-storey office tower at 140 Lonsdale Street which ...

SQM suspends Macquarie fund rating following investment team reshuffle

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... strategy and team behind Macquarie's award-winning Australian Small Companies Fund, its rating has been changed to "hold" by SQM Research. SQM had originally downgraded the rating of the fund from 4.00 to 3.75 stars in late November. Now, Macquarie Investment ...

Rising star scores major absolute return mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... established in 2016 by Credit Suisse veterans has won an absolute return mandate shortly after receiving a superior rating from SQM Research. Dalton Street Capital, led by co-founders Alan Sheen and Nick Selvaratnam, will manage an absolute return strategy ...

SQM rolls out low-cost adviser platform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
SQM Research is launching a comprehensive investment information platform for financial advisers, the first of its kind in Australia to include residential real estate risk profiling. Available to advisers for subscriptions starting at $3000, the platform ...

Hassle-free housing investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... dividend yield strategy may well find it's a good opportunity to invest, compared to what they can get in cash from the bank." SQM Research recently awarded BRICKX Trusts a 'Superior' rating, allowing them to be included on approved product lists. "To ...