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AMP adds hedge fund specialists to alts team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... committed to dedicating resources to drive the alternative investments programs which provide defensiveness and diversification, something that will be increasingly critical in a yield starved world," she added.

Investors turn from cash to fixed income: UBS

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... good way for retail investors to acquire high quality debt like CBA, and these are a good way for SMSFs to build diversification into bonds, and receive good spreads over the cash rate," she advises. While there won't be a rush out of cash any time soon ...

HOSTPLUS consortium wins Destination Sydney bid

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... projects like SICEEP. He also expects the project to enhance the HOSTPLUS portfolio through additional sector diversification and increased regional exposure to the NSW economy. "Our success in this project highlights the solid link that the fund has ...

Not all ETFs are made equal: Lonsec

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... financials, and that the iShares sector cap of 20% is lower than the other high dividend ETFs which promotes greater diversification and a skew to smaller cap stocks. "The comparison illustrates there are subtle but important differences between ETFs ...

La Trobe mortgage fund scoops industry award

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... "Unlike our competitors, the fund is not exposed to massive commercial construction projects but rather built on diversification, with a weighting towards the residential sector," he explained. "The fund has a 'co-investment' model, which diversifies ...

Ex-Ascalon boss starts at BlackRock

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... personal portfolios," said Justin Arter, head of BlackRock in Australia. Low returns mean investors need better diversification and alpha-generation from the active part of their investment portfolios, which is driving more and more Australians to invest ...

Real estate better than bonds: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... long-term. Certainly versus fixed income the spreads look very attractive." He adds that real estate offers natural diversification and agrees with Troni that hard-asset backing provides comfort to investors. In Europe the manager says that the best ...

Nothing new in objectives-based investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... important to recognise the limitations of traditional diversified investment management. "There is too little diversification away from equity risk, beta can often be dressed up as alpha, and there can be static asset allocation," said MacKenzie. "There ...

Multi-asset funds react to lack of diversification

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
Multi-asset funds are evolving to become less focused on peer relative performance and more centred on providing investors with a real return, according to a new Lonsec report. The research house says that in the face of stricter regulation and increased ...

Aus PE funds on the right side of supply & demand

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... approach," said Simpson. private equity investments will continue to be a natural fit for long-term investors seeking diversification and the opportunity to outperform public markets, but only those managers that can adapt will survive, he said.