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Omega hires Vanguard, NAB vets

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... manager based in Melbourne. It currently manages over $3.2 billion for domestic and international clients across equities, bonds, listed property and currency overlay services.

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... five years there have been 96 reported impact investments in Australia, 36 of those were made in FY15 alone, with green bonds dominating a sharp increase in the $1.2 billion dollar industry. For financial advisers, understanding client interests and ...

Markets fear Trump effect on global trade

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... the election, AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver said that a Trump victory could mean a rally in safe havens like bonds and gold as investors fret particularly about his protectionist trade policies. "Australian shares would be particularly vulnerable ...

Multi-asset expectations fall: Zenith

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... asymmetry of negative bond yields (with 0% the assumed lower bound). As a result of this limitation volatility attributable to bonds has been underestimated and portfolios constructed by these optimised outputs have the potential to be less efficient. ...

Government bond strategy added to HUB24

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
Jamieson Coote Bonds' active Australian Government Bond strategy, distributed by Channel Capital, is now available via the HUB24 platform. Added to HUB24's IDPS and Super menus, the CC JCB Active Bond Fund is the retail version of JCB's wholesale strategy. ...

Managed accounts boost income by 77%: case study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... Income Model Portfolio, which provides access to fixed income securities via an SMA structure, includes investment grade bonds, subordinated debt securities, hybrids, floating rate notes, inflation linked bonds, asset backed securities and residential ...

Westpac commits to social finance leadership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... Social Benefit Bond. Parker said the positive outcomes already achieved by social finance programs - such as social benefit bonds - are making a real difference to the communities they are designed to service. The bank, through its Westpac and St George ...

Impact investing delivers wide reaching returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... five years, with the majority of FY15 investment transactions comprising debt finance to social enterprises, with green bonds issued by major Australian banks dominating the increase in dollar value of investment in FY15. "The data reveals a diversity ...

Socially responsible XTBs hit ASX

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... today. In response to growing demand for socially responsible investment options, the 'green' XTBs are over fixed rate green bonds from ANZ and NAB, labeled 'green' as the bond issuer must only use the bonds for purposes that meet the requirements of ...

Investors must look to dividend yield over growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... environment has those preparing for retirement scrambling, as traditional sources of income - in the form of government bonds and bank deposits - are unlikely to provide the yields necessary to maintain spending power. In this context, we believe from ...