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ETPs attracting money despite volatility

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... firmly favoured Australian equity ETFs over international equity ETFs, which have become more expensive as the Australian dollar has weakened," Neiron said. New biotech ETF Last week, ETF Securities launched a new ETF that will invest in 120 international ...

Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... chain names and tech in general. Sector has been under scrutiny lately with rotation out of growth and momentum factors. Dollar strength another big headwind amid continued pickup in concerns about looming shift from QE to QT. Worries about a hard Brexit ...

Rewards program to boost super savings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... participating retailers and automatically contributes to members' superannuation accounts calculated on a percentage of every dollar spent. A member spending $100 on groceries for example, will see $5 contributed to their super. GuildSuper general ...

Chief economist update: Australia's low(er)-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... revisions, the fact remains that inflation has moved further below the low end of RBA's 2%-3% target band. The Australian dollar isn't to blame. Its depreciation has (as expected) generated higher import prices. But businesses are unable to pass ...

AustralianSuper awards $500m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
A Melbourne boutique has won a $500 million mandate from AustralianSuper, the super fund confirmed. Jamieson Coote Bonds was appointed to manage a fixed income mandate for the super fund at the end of June, Rainmaker research shows. JCB's mandate ...

Star managers address low returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
Portfolio managers of L1 Capital's billion-dollar listed investment company have addressed its underperformance after it delivered -6.3% for the quarter. The long/short listed investment company listed in April after raising $1.3 billion in the ...

Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... actively, while the share of passive assets grew from 19.5% to 22.4% in the last five years. WTW said the strengthening US dollar is generally dampening the growth rate in assets recorded by asset managers in the survey - this is particularly evident ...

Chief economist update: BOJ on a steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... dropped by 10.7% since the September meeting, turning its year-to-date gain into a 12.3% loss, while the Japanese yen/US dollar exchange rate has strengthened by half a percent. Not only these, fresh consumer price data suggests that the BOJ remains ...

Private equity will become bigger than hedge funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
Private equity is poised to overtake hedge funds, becoming the largest asset class in alternatives in the next five years, according to new Preqin research. Preqin predicts assets in alternative investments will hit $19 trillion by 2023, up from $12 ...

Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... sharp declines in the Chinese currency and the stockmarket. The Chinese yuan has lost 6.1% of its value against the US dollar this year to date and its foreign exchange reserves have dwindled by 2.4% over the same period. The Shanghai composite index ...