Not exact matches
Shorten told Nine last week that PHIs «are making 25 per
cent profits» — which is just wrong (though why would we expect a former director
of AustralianSuper with fiduciary duties over the nation's largest retirement
fund to know the difference between a profit margin and a
return on equity?)
«A number
of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation would
return to 2 per
cent over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal
funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected,» the Federal Open Market Committee said in the records
of its March 20 - 21 meeting.
These benefits would (i) largely go to developers and contractors for infrastructure projects like new pipelines that would happen even without new incentives and so be highly regressive; (ii) raise costs by failing to reach the tax - free pension
funds, sovereign wealth
funds and international investors that are the most plausible sources
of incremental infrastructure finance; (iii) not encourage at all the highest
return maintenance projects like fixing potholes that do not yield a pecuniary
return for investors; and (iv) by offering credits at an unprecedented 82 per
cent rate, invite all kinds
of tax - shelter abuse.
Over the past couple
of years, speculators have also used short sales
of gold to obtain low cost
funds to invest in other assets — for example, by shorting gold (borrowing it and selling it in the spot market), market participants have been able to obtain US dollars at between 1 and 2 per
cent, well below the rate
of return available on US assets.
So how do conservative investors and pension
funds, who require an average
of 8 per
cent return to remain viable, balance their portfolio without adding more risk?
Before fees and tax, the LIC's closed - end
fund exits since inception has benefited from «realisations» at a weighted average 3 per
cent premium to carrying value, a weighted average internal rate
of return of 21 per
cent, and
return on equity invested
of 1.6 times.
Documents seen by the AFR indicate that the King Island Aggregation has been a stand - out performer for the
fund, delivering more than 12 per
cent returns a year for the seven years it has been owned, with about half
of that delivered through income
returns.
Returns were limited during the initial phase
of a new
fund, while improvements were made, but in the longer run the new
fund, which would have a longer life than SAF, would target an average 9 per
cent total
return net
of fees, he said.
«Those behind the rumour that a single company made N25 billion from charging one per
cent of TSA
funds that passed through the company's software, may need to
return to elementary school to get some lessons in arithmetic,» he said in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Segun Adeyemi, in Abuja, Nigeria's capital.
The NAO found that 53 per
cent of the 44,900 full time teachers entering the profession in 2014 were newly qualified, with the remainder either
returning to teaching after a break or moving into the state -
funded sector from elsewhere.
In a small community it was only a matter
of time before the two parties joined forces, with the school leasing two areas
of its playing field to the town council and providing some 20 per
cent of the
funding, in
return for the exclusive use
of the facilities during school hours.
(hh) If the unencumbered amount
of cumulative surplus revenue from tuition held by a charter school at the end
of a fiscal year, less (i) the amount
of the fourth quarter tuition payment, (ii) the amount held in reserve for the purchase or renovation
of an academic facility pursuant to a capital plan, and (iii) any reserve
funds held as security for bank loans, exceeds 20 per
cent of its operating budget and its budgeted capital costs for the succeeding fiscal year as is reported in a capital plan to be submitted in the school's most recent annual report, the amount in excess
of said 20 per
cent shall be
returned by the charter school to the sending district or districts and the state in proportion to their share
of tuition paid during the fiscal year.
The CIBC Energy
fund is among the top - ranked Canadian energy
funds by Lipper, with a three - year annualized
return of 10.5 per
cent.
The core portfolio
of the
fund (above 70 per
cent) constitutes long - term holdings (thereby providing stable
returns) with the balance being tactical bets.
In an environment
of subdued investment
returns, Davis says consumer awareness will increase that the 2.5 per
cent management expense ratio
of the average Canadian mutual
fund will «take a much bigger bite out
of returns and investors will be more apt to notice that.»
Obviously, it will have to be 20 per
cent (ignoring fees) and so there is no way that a comparison between the average
return earned by the active managers with the index
return will make investors aware that markets have become efficient.1 In other words, the warning light to signal that markets have become inefficient will never light up and so there is no reason to expect that investors will come to a realisation that the flow
of investment
funds to index investing has gone too far — meaning that the envisaged constraint on the flow
of funds to index investing is unlikely to eventuate.»
Instead
of a 2 - per -
cent return in «high - interest» savings (a paltry yield that barely keeps pace with inflation), it may be possible to earn 5 per
cent or more in diversified dividend - paying mutual
funds.
In addition, the
Fund aims to provide an overall
return of 2 - 3 per
cent above the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) 90 Day (GBP) over a full market cycle (being 3 - 5 years) after management fees are deducted.
Deals like that helped the Lester Canadian Equity
Fund generate a
return of 24.7 per
cent in 2016, which was achieved with very little oil and gas exposure, no mining or gold stocks, and no banks.
The long slide in oil prices, the rising US dollar and the continuation
of the equity bull market made 2014 the best year for the strategy since 2008, with
returns of 10.7 per
cent in such hedge
funds, according to HFR, the data provider.
The Fidelity North American Equity Class launched last week and Lekkerkerker hopes to match or exceed the 16.8 - per -
cent annualized three - year
return he's produced for his part
of the balanced
fund.
After all, even if you can generate a consistent 5 per
cent annual
return on your investments, a $ 1 million RRSP would generate just $ 50,000 a year in income, and that will be taxed once you start withdrawing it (either in the form
of a Registered Retirement Income
Fund or RRIF, or via voluntary withdrawals from your RRSP).
The best equity
fund in Canada had a 20 - year compound annualized
return of 10.5 per
cent, a very respectable figure, but still short
of The Investment Reporter's 11.8 per
cent.
Within the
return - seeking portfolio, which provided 52 per
cent of the
fund's income, public equities
returned 14.8 per
cent and private equities
returned 19.6 per
cent on a currency hedged basis.
That
fund has a compound annual
return of 6.27 per
cent since inception, as
of Nov. 30, 2017, which is certainly more than today's GIC rates.
In the twelve months under review, the Montgomery
Fund delivered its initial investors a
return of 34.5 per
cent, after all expenses, assuming reinvestment
of the 30 June 2013 distribution
of 7.28
cents per unit.
Some performance highlights
of the year included; Rasmala Global Sukuk
Fund, which generated a net
return for investors
of 4.97 per
cent; the Rasmala GCC Fixed - Income
Fund, which produced a net
return of 6.83 per
cent and Rasmala Leasing
Funds 1 and 2, which have to date paid average annual cash distributions
of 12 per
cent and 9.2 per
cent respectively.
This means the IRA
funds transferred to an RRSP may be subjected to double taxation: once at 30 per
cent (or 40 per
cent if under 59.5) in the year
of transfer and again when the RRSP (or, ultimately, RRIF)
funds are withdrawn and taxed on his Canadian
return.
They use low fee exchange traded
funds with average annual
returns for their portfolios
of about six per
cent for the last five years.
Disillusioned with the
fund, members
of the profession voted in 2000 to decide its fate: A 70 per
cent majority supported a
return to buying insurance in the open insurance market.
The SEC claimed that from August onwards, the defendants obtained a combined equivalent
of USD$ 15 million worth
of investor
funds from thousands
of investors globally through materially false and misleading statements, including by promising investors grandiose
returns of 1,354 per
cent in under 29 days.
In the case
of growth oriented investments, you can consider equity
funds (diversified and tax saving
funds) and equity shares where
return of at least 15 per
cent is expected.
Our other
funds, Pure Stock, Equity Gain and Pure Equity, too, have done well with
returns of 49 per
cent, 48.5 per
cent and 46 per
cent, respectively.
Topping the list are
funds from Bajaj Allianz Life — Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance's Growth Plus III has topped the one - year charts with
returns of 66 per
cent.
For instance, Bajaj Allianz» Future Gain Equity Growth
Fund clocked annual
returns of about 25 per
cent over a five - year time frame.
With 50 per
cent investment in equities, minimal
fund management charges and average
returns of nine per
cent, the New Pension Scheme is another good option.
Hurlbutt said the 10 per
cent deposit will be held in trust and should the developer not complete according to the terms
of the contract, the
funds will be
returned.