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AUI to draw planners with new property ratings

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... noted that AUI had clearly articulated its investment strategy, focusing on reducing gearing, improving portfolio diversification, and reintroducing liquidity for investors for the first time since 2009. "We continue to have a high opinion of AUI's collective ...

Mason Stevens releases global equity managed account

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... advised by Caledonia according to their established approach to equity investment. Targeting the appeal of portfolio diversification, the new global equities managed account has been released at a time to take advantage of the strong Australian dollar. ...

Fund managers feast on billion-dollar debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Corporate debt issuance has surged this year giving fund managers billions of dollars worth of diversification in the fixed income market, leading experts have said. Bond fund giant Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) estimates about US$18 billion ...

Researchers sharpen ETF focus

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... a strong value proposition to cover ETFs," said Rodney Lay, director, fund services. Advisers can expect more diversification of ETF products to reach the market soon, with more "niche, slicing and dicing type products," said Murphy. Fixed income ETFs ...

S&P rates cash offerings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... banks. "Cash funds are still competing with attractive rates from the banks. However, they offer the benefits of diversification, interest rate management, and liquidity (when compared with a term deposit)," said David Erdonmez, analyst S&P Fund Services. ...

Upside in fixed income: Aberdeen

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... your growth assets is important but in the Australian market the benefit, that negative correlation that brings diversification to an overall investment portfolio, gets lost." "The two things that term deposits lack is liquidity and the duration to provide ...

Snowball expands 'segmented advice'

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... even without Symetry and Officium, Snowball's funds under advice increased by three per cent to $4.7 billion. "Diversification has paid off handsomely for us," said McDonald.

Malaysia pioneers Islamic Finance framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... powerhouses. Raja Teh Maimunah, head of Islamic markets at Bursa Malaysia was reported last year saying this lack of diversification among products available from Islamic financial institutions was a major stumbling block holding back the industry.

Sunsuper adds another property mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... million property to compliment its national growth strategy. The super fund said the property purchase would add diversification to its investment portfolio. "This addition to our growing property portfolio in the Melbourne office market offers excellent ...

Hedge research warns against poor risk analytics

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... last year with "accessing non-correlated strategies" now the top priority of 30 per cent of US investors while diversification and absolute returns declined slightly. In terms of hedge funds, it appears that a number of US investors will return after ...