The head of Australian equities at Schroders Investment Management, Martin Conlon, has argued that good investment analysis looks first at the ungeared cashflows of companies. The industry’s favoured valuation yardstick, the price/ earnings ratio, was unreliable because it introduced leveraged profits into the process. The importance of finding the true source of cashflows was demonstrated […]
The head of Australian equities at Schroders Investment Management, Martin Conlon, has argued that good investment analysis looks first at the ungeared cashflows of companies. The industry’s favoured valuation yardstick, the price/ earnings ratio, was unreliable because it introduced leveraged profits into the process. The importance of finding the true source of cashflows was demonstrated […]
UniSuper’s chief investment officer, John Pearce, has hired one of Telstra Super’s asset class heads to his investment team, although he has played down the role played by Terry McCredden, the former Telstra Super CEO now running UniSuper, in the appointment.
The Motor Trades Association of Australia (MTAA) super fund has reintroduced fixed income to its default investment option, having abandoned bonds in 2007 on the basis that its ‘target return’ portfolio of unlisted assets could provide higher returns with less volatility. Leeanne Turner, deputy executive director (superannuation) at MTAA, said the fund had not made […]
The Motor Trades Association of Australia (MTAA) super fund has reintroduced fixed income to its default investment option, having abandoned bonds in 2007 on the basis that its ‘target return’ portfolio of unlisted assets could provide higher returns with less volatility. Leeanne Turner, deputy executive director (superannuation) at MTAA, said the fund had not made […]
Scrapping mandates with two large institutional managers, the superannuation and Australian equity multi-manager products run by the $300 million MAP have both allocated $10 million to the boutique Bennelong Funds Management.