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Is now the time to buy IOOF?

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... "misconduct differs from recent financial advice incidents in that it is not centred around mis-selling or misconduct with client funds, but rather around IFL's culture and compliance." The change of rating came as ASIC confirmed to Financial Standard ...

Medcraft sticks up for asset managers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... large," he said. The former investment banker explained that even during the depths of the financial crisis net outflows from funds were too small to impact the broader market. "This reflects the fact that investors in mutual funds are - by nature and ...

New video series demystifies hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... released a series of seven educational videos aimed at demystifying some of strategies and key concepts from the world of hedge funds. The short videos have been made for Man subsidiary AHL, which is focused on quantitative investing in the managed futures ...

Is content king for super funds?

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Publishing is a daily mainstream activity for superannuation funds yet it requires a different set of rules and skills than pure fund management to engage the public sphere. Equipsuper strategic marketing and communications executive officer, Geoff ...

Infrastructure allocations up 14% in two years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... reach $9 trillion by 2025. The Preqin research also shows that the commonest type of investor in the top 100 is pension funds - which, as discussed in the latest issue of Financial Standard, are typically the only institutions large enough to deploy ...

Animal spirits may be playing with fire

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... Asset Management, raised a concern that in the event of a significant negative shock to current favourable conditions "some funds may experience substantial redemptions, and so be forced to engage in asset 'fire sales' that could be destabilising for ...

Social media, an investment tool in times of turmoil

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... allowed the platform to create indicators combining, for example, the VIX volatility index with mentions of exchange traded funds (ETFs). The StockTwits Fear Index shows that as the VIX or market volatility goes up, mentions of ETFs increase as well ...

Milliman seeing shift in bond portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... last 18 months. He said the likes of Plato and BetaShares had launched products as had Sanlam and CFS who launched three funds recently.

Insync with beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Insync Funds Management chief investment officer Monik Kotecha is joining the list of people saying it makes sense for Australian's to invest in highly profitable alcohol-related companies. Within the last six months Insync bought back in to AB InBev ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... from the euro if it fails to strike a deal with creditors to free up 7.2 billion euros ($A10.5 billion) in blocked bailout funds. Cash-strapped Athens badly needs the aid to honour loan repayments to the International Monetary Fund by June 30. HONG KONG ...