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Invesco shifts Asian focus to consumer demand

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... obvious discretionary and consumer staples. "Another thing we've been conscious of is to ensure we have country diversification because the way the Chinese economy has developed is at a different point to where Korea is, for example, or Indonesia or ...

Liquidity strength in CTAs

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... trends they follow. The point is that apart from generating uncorrelated market performance, CTAs offer added diversification in how they make investment decisions," Keary told Financial Standard. CTAs do not act on forecasting, instead making decisions ...

Market dislocation shifts share trade to dark pools, ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... managing director of iShares Australia, said traders moved to ETFs in times of market dislocation to be able to have diversification with the advantage of liquidity. "ETFs deliver that, in a single trade at any point during market day or market hours ...

Christian Super joins Government to seed community fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... emerging sector which has traditionally had less accessibility to finance but which has the potential to provide diversification to the more traditional assets in the portfolio," he said. "The partnership with the Australian Government and Foresters ...

IFM pins hopes on state governments and eyes $1bn infra deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... around $700m so from a portfolio perspective about a $700-$800 million acquisition would be really good for the diversification of our portfolios." While a deal of that size is not imminent, IFM would favour a joint venture alongside a strategic investor ...

New bond fund targets corporate sector

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... portfolio manager. "Term deposits is a stand out opportunity as long as it's a small part of a portfolio because of diversification and liquidity," he added. The minimum initial investment for the retail targeted fund is $5000. "Growth in funds under ...

New tool launched to gear SMSFs into property

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... subdivide the land, you can't move into it later, you get a poor yield, there's a risk with stamp duty, there's diversification questions... tax if you take it out of super... there's a lot of red flag issues," he said. The discussion opened his eyes ...

BTIM extends global presence with $10bn manager buy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... "aligned investment philosophy and strong cultural fit," one of the key benefits for BTIM will be the enhanced diversification. With fifteen investment strategies, J O Hambro has a strong client base in the UK, Europe and increasingly America and a presence ...

Consultant warns super funds on alternative rush

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... Australian funds continue to demonstrate a home bias, heavily invested in infrastructure and real estate as they seek diversification. "People think they want something different to equities and scramble around for them," said Condon, speaking at the ...

Aberdeen eyes insto cash for new Asian property fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... Young, Managing Director, Aberdeen Asia. "We've already made strides and have high hopes that with this launch our diversification can successfully continue."