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Currency and managing volatility: Financial Standard spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... building global equities exposure in model portfolios. SSGA sees currency management as one of the pillars of portfolio construction - but understanding currency movements and the effects it can have on performance is more complex. For advisers it can ...

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... Politburo's 6.5% target this year, in the words of the RBA, "supported by increased spending on infrastructure and property construction..." However, the latest news out of Japan - Australia's second biggest export market where about 15% of the country's ...

Quant not active management blasphemy: Robeco BP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... fundamentals being "complete blasphemy," Farren said, it's a reliable method of screening investments, optimising portfolio construction and determining factor exposures. He said: "You screen on the front-end, optimise the portfolio construction - we ...

Hunter Hall funds and LIC receive makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... sizes and focused on investing in growing businesses at reasonable valuations. "An integral element of our portfolio construction process is the division of stocks into three segments: core, cyclical and opportunistic. Core stocks, which will always ...

Be careful what you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... 6% of GDP. Not much. But this underestimates the flow-on effects of housing on the economy. An ABS report on "The construction industry's linkages with the economy", published in 2002 showed that every A$1 million spent in the construction industry directly ...

Tech industry opens niche markets for advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... equation, financial advisers should review their financial plans for clients in the mining, printing, agriculture, construction and healthcare industries. According to the report, the first wave of digital disruption happened in 'knowledge jobs' but ...

Qualitas launches fund, adds two directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Real estate investment management firm Qualitas hired two new executives to help launch a $500 million construction fund. Mark Power and Gil Norwood both join as directors and will help manage the fund that will finance residential and commercial development ...

Colonial First State upgrades managed accounts offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... solution. "We see them as a vehicle upon which advice businesses can really efficiently implement their portfolio construction and changes across their client base. It's all about having the right solution for the right client," Chun said. Currently ...

HESTA sharpens focus on factor investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... "We were looking for a cost effective way to access factor risk premia. Robeco's research insights and portfolio construction process were attractive in that context," HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said. Robeco already holds a low-volatility Conservative ...

Australian economy proceeding according to projections

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... in the sectors it surveys - manufacturing up to 59.2 in April from 57.5 in March; services up to 53.0 from 51.7; construction up to 51.9 from 51.2. And just yesterday, we received more indications that Australia is travelling on course. The NAB business ...