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Man Diversified Alternatives recommended by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... strategies, giving investors an actively managed diversified portfolio that aims to be uncorrelated to traditional asset classes. Zenith rated a universe of 19 multi strategy funds based on a range of quantitative metrics. Its investment committee then ...

Media Super reinvests in Australian cinema

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... security. The new placement increases the value of this investment type as a share of the fund's allocation to these asset classes to about one tenth. Explaining how it works, a joint statement issued by the fund and the financier, Fulcrum Media Finance ...

Sovereign wealth funds banking on Aussie innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... important for institutional investors, especially when their portfolios are being affected by volatility across other asset classes, as we've recently seen in listed markets." Meanwhile AVCAL has also welcomed the appointment of Bill Ferris as the new ...

Investment under microscope at ASFA conference

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment frameworks and how they search for ways to innovate in more traditional asset classes such as debt markets. "We need to move away from measures that focus on benchmarks, peers and league tables. The ...

Macquarie to enter robo-advice sector

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
Macquarie will soon offer a digital advice service across all standard asset classes. Macquarie's OwnersAdvisory service is designed to reach the "more than 80% of Australian adults don't currently access professional financial advice," according to ...

Lonsec rates several funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... costly protective overlays which can potentially impact returns and duplicate the diversification benefits from other asset classes," Birtles said. Lonsec has also provided a "recommended index" rating to three Market Vectors Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). ...

Prime Value launches SIV fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... the funds, and they value more personal service." Prime Value manages approximately $900 million across several asset classes.

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... of institutional quality and the vehicle is also about giving retail investors access to a more complete range of asset classes. "What we're saying to the wholesale market and individual investors is that if you're not sure what to pick because you don't ...

Mandate tide turns towards global equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... said that a reason behind the decrease in new mandates is that funds are bringing the management of traditional asset classes in-house and look elsewhere for more sophisticated strategies. "Funds are moving away from the idea that they need to have large ...

Monopolies offer best infrastructure returns: Lazard

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... around CPI plus 5% over the long term. Robertson said that's not a bad return in absolute terms and relative to other asset classes, it is very attractive. Assets the fund manager wouldn't include in this strategy, which has just celebrated its 10 year ...