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Long-term investment under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... recent paper for the Future Fund. Warren said more than 20 years ago building materials and media were considered the best stocks whereas banks were considered a boring long-term investment. "Long-term is a long way away, is very uncertain and it changes ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015

Super becoming the fifth estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... its trustees took the tough decision to sell down their $23 million stock holding. Against trillions of dollars worth of stocks traded on the ASX each year HESTA's Transfield divestment was so almost absurdly trivial, representing just 4% of Transfield's ...

Monash absolute return fund goes retail

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... because of its cash based objective, its unconstrained investment universe and its ability to hold cash and short overpriced stocks," he said.

The $17trn infra opportunity investors have overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... of a satellite allocation in a core/satellite approach. Additionally, a closer look at the drivers of growth for water stocks highlights specific investment characteristics that investors are looking for as liquid components of different alternatives ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... some listed property. It's definitely still something to offer clients, because they get the tax benefits of owning those stocks directly. But for the adviser business, you're still writing statements of advice when you want to change asset allocation ...

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... Yes Virginia, Super Mario returned overnight and shot down the euro, putting smiles on the faces of holders of Eurozone stocks - Stoxx 600 up 2.4% -- and bonds - 10-year yields fell across the region. The euro dropped to as low as US$1.1085 while we ...

Colonial First State awards $55m mandate

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... Partners. 8IP uses bottom-up research to identity three types of companies: "stars," "turnarounds," and "under-researched stocks." The 8IP Australian Small Companies Fund has a strong track record, returning 17.4% p.a. over 3 years (net of fees) and ...

SMAs ideal for low-touch clients

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... volatility, and that "personal investors" tended to endanger their equity portfolios by getting "too attached" to individual stocks and not selling when appropriate.

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... companies listed in Nasdaq and through the A-share market. To Clifford, the key to investing in China is to avoid "exciting stocks" such as technology companies that might attract the attention of retail investors. "It is generally the case in Asia that ...