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Direct mandates growth solid: Towers Watson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
Alternative asset mandates to direct fund managers and global mandates for diversification saw high demand throughout 2011, according to Towers Watson. The trend was consistent across most asset classes, with 2011 forming the final year in a five-year ...

OnePath changes in wake of UBS INGIM purchase

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... advisers. Through our partnership with UBS and other specialist investment managers we aim to deliver effective diversification across asset classes and investment styles." Last week ANZ announced the acquisition of Australian manage-the-manger OptiMix ...

Mortgage Choice to launch planning business

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... Mortgage Choice will launch its own financial planning business during the next financial year as part of its own diversification strategy. Currently a large independently-operated mortgage broker, Mortgage Choice Limited, announced during its interim ...

Managed funds have a place in SMSFs: Select

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... dominance of one asset will result in a very large exposure, said McCormick. Reduced flexibility, liquidity and diversification are the natural consequences. The argument coming from the fund managers is that despite the higher costs, the vehicles provide ...

Provident Capital Monthly Income Fund upgraded

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... to manage the portfolio prudently, as reflected by loan to valuation ratios remaining below 60%, and increased diversification across borrowers, loans, sectors and states. It's clear that as fund manager they have been working to maintain the Fund's ...

Surging institutional interest in frontier markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... markets dissipated during the global financial crisis in a flight from risk, a long-term view and a desire for real diversification is leading institutional long-term investors back toward the frontiers. "One way of looking at it is to really go back ...

MLC earns health insurance advice mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... investment portfolios, strategy implementation, access to specialist investment managers, tailored mandates and strong diversification benefits. MLC Implemented Consulting said it offers consistent returns through volatile markets to institutional clients. ...

Risk focus needed for sustainable investing: MLC

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... MLC Investment Management has cautioned investors with a penchant for income-heavy portfolios that greater risk diversification and sophisticated strategies are necessary at a time when term deposits on one product reached $400 million. According to ...

UBS: Diversify to prevent fatigue

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... truly diversified portfolio will lower the volatility but one must also expect a lower return. For most investors, diversification across all asset classes, cash, fixed income, equities, A-REITs should lower the volatility of portfolios."

BlackRock launches sovereign risk management fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... institutions that want to ensure that fixed income assets can continue to fulfill their traditional role in portfolio diversification," he said. BlackRock had US$3.345 trillion in assets under management as of September 30.