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AXA IM launches two SmartBeta products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... filters to reduce exposure to risks associated with passive investments such as concentration risk, cost leakage and diversification concerns. With the new products AXA IM aims to deliver solutions to help investors access equity beta cheaply and efficiently. ...

Instos on verge of piling into Asian bonds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... increasing their allocations to Asia Pacific, where record levels of bond issuance are broadening opportunities for diversification and relatively high returns. AllianceBernstein director of Asia Pacific fixed income Hayden Briscoe says that there is ...

Rethinking the value of asset consultants

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... investment world is getting more concentrated. Traditional equities and other assets didn't give investors the diversification they should have," said Schoenheimer. This pace of change is forcing funds and their advisers to act more quickly and monitor ...

Simple diversification better than 'smart beta'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... explained how probable different outcomes for the European Monetary Union were, concluding that while it is not "sexy" diversification is still the best option. "Don't position your portfolio like you know how it's going to play out, because that's a ...

Asset diversification gathers momentum

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... also shows that Smart Beta strategies - which capture a premium over time or improve portfolio efficiency through diversification - continued to attract a significant amount of assets ($5 billion) in 2012. These new Smart Beta mandates were mainly allocated ...

SMSF trustees confident backing their limited advice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... on their own research to make investment decisions. But, Schoenheimer said that the report shows that a lack of diversification means these same people could be failing to identify better opportunities with a broader range of asset classes, such as international ...

Future Fund returns 12.8% for 2012

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... returns, the Future Fund thinks that it is important to maintain a disciplined medium-to-long-term view, and focus on diversification, he said. Global equities, debt securities and Australian equities made up more than half the fund in 2012. The Future ...

Cash rate falls good for property

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... increased in line with rental rates, the fund manager said. Unlisted property funds also have low entry costs, good diversification and structured liquidity, said Pratt. Australian Unity Investments is the funds management arm of financial services ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... turmoil, Bridges continued, Australian dollar-denominated assets are benefiting from central banks' impetus for diversification away from currencies such as the US dollar, and this is helping drive bond prices higher. Quantitative easing in the US, Japan ...

A-REITs come out on top in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... 2012, but the overarching message resonating from the asset manager's annual risk-return report is on the need for diversification. "The risk-on, risk-off volatility is likely to continue in the foreseeable future and the risk vs. return analysis demonstrates ...