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Independent planning firm jumps into agriculture

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... close of the fund," Sackett said. In promoting the fund last month, Sackett said investors would be protected from the volatility usually associated with agricultural markets. "From an investor's point of view, it provides a stable cash flow based ...

Sovereign investors change tack: Invesco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... interest in equity exposure, although Asian sovereigns have less exposure than global peers. "The return of market volatility this year has been anticipated by sovereign investors, and as such we expect them to continue diversifying into new asset classes ...

Investor interest in long-short strategies surging: Zenith

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... p.a. in the five years to March. This was 4.1% higher than S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index return of 7.6% p.a. Risk volatility was also lower for long-short funds, with annualised standard deviation of 8.9% versus 11.2% for the index. They also capture ...

Mercantile takeover of private equity fund moves ahead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... announcing the implementation agreement, IPE chairman Geoff Brunsdon said the proposal was attractive after highlighting the volatility of the share price given IPE had been winding down its portfolio. "IPE has been winding down its portfolio for many ...

CIPR framework timely but questions remain

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... still a number of drawbacks, SuperEd chair Jeremy Duffield said. One is that CIPRs don't adequately appreciate the volatility of investments over changing economic conditions retirees encounter over 20 to 40 years. In the current low interest rate and ...

Parametric expands alternative risk premia offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... hit cash plus 7-9% in returns, net of fees and transaction costs. It is also expecting portfolios to experience lower volatility, be better diversified, have low correlation to other asset classes and benefit from macro shifts. "We know that super funds ...

Agricultural asset manager promotes new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... "From an investor's point of view, it provides a stable cash flow based on rental yield and avoids much of the volatility that comes with direct exposure to agricultural markets," Sackett said. The fund will operate in a closed-ended unit trust structure ...

Aussie IPO launches at decade high

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... listings has also fallen 15% to US$90 billion. The IPO market "was once again dampened" by political concerns and market volatility in the first half of 2018. Low capital raising in Asia Pacific and EMEA were noted. However, cross-border IPOs significantly ...

SMSF cash balances not ballooning: BGL

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... considered "excess cash", meaning the level of an SMSF's assets that are currently in cash due to recent market volatility.

What worries Aussie advisers: Natixis

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... challenging, compared with only 83% of their global counterparts," Hambly said. "At the same time, and despite the volatility that has returned to the markets after nine years of steady growth, Australian financial advisers are more bullish than international ...