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India fund opens to unlisted assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... India Equities Fund Limited founder and managing director, said the addition of unlisted assets would provide a more balanced portfolio, greater diversification and enhance its ability to create value to shareholders. Pereira maintains India is well ...

Fees cause underperformance, not asset allocation: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... as their default choice, where growth assets comprise less than half the fund option, all industry funds chose either balanced or growth funds as their default. Despite the strength of the report's findings, the report noted that "This overall result ...

ASFA proposes asset classification standards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... (ASFA), has recommended funds and research groups standardise how they classify assets and consider phasing out the terms balanced and growth when labelling their options. ASFA developed the paper because "there is a wide disparity of views in regard ...

Alternatives charter assoc heads Down Under

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... structured products are so important for some investors." Asche said the Australian debate about what constitutes a "balanced" fund is nonetheless complex because "what's one person's balanced fund may not be another's". The sophistication of the alternatives ...

Is offshore investment necessary?

... because of the limitations and regulatory restrictions placed on them by their stated investment strategy. For example, a balanced fund, seeing an increasing correlation between US and Australian equities, would need to go through the process of modeling ...

Raise your fixed income bet: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... enhancement and capital protection. "As volatile market conditions may persist for sometime, investors should aim to have a balanced assessment of the sector as opportunities are beginning to emerge in credit securities which we have not seen for some ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... non-manufacturing indexes, the Beige Book, unit labour costs and payrolls. The ISM manufacturing index is expected to remain balanced at 50 in August -- the delineation line between growth and contraction. The ISM non-manufacturing survey is also expected ...

NAB Group Super axes cash plus

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... achieved by requesting a mixture of the Cash option with a small exposure to either the Capital Stable, Growth or the Balanced Portfolio," said the fund. NAB Group Super's decision to go 100 per cent cash follows similar moves by other funds, including ...

CSRF chases alpha

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... markets," he said. "This follows from our lowering our exposure to listed equities from 60 per cent to 55 per cent in the 'balanced' portfolio last November." Integrity Investment Management was also chosen as a value manager for its Australian equities ...

ANZ Super cuts option costs by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... statement. "It is envisaged that investment costs will fall by about 40 per cent from current levels for the aggressive and balanced investment options," it said. The fund's changes are expected to be finalised by September.