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New beginnings at Tower

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... inspection, the entrance of Japan's leading financial services firms into Australia shouldn't be all that surprising. Diversification out of a low growth economy plagued by deflation and an ageing population, into an economy with a rapidly growing retirement ...

Aussies embrace US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... those offered by commercial property in Australia, but an investment in US residential real estate would provide diversification benefits, not to mention the opportunity to take advantage of a historically favorable exchange rate. In addition, this defensive ...

Fees for alternatives under pressure

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... declined this year - and the timing couldn't be worse for alternatives as many funds struggle to assert their diversification credentials, post-GFC. According to a Mercer survey of more than 20,000 asset management products from over 4,000 investment ...

Direct property makes a comeback

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... and conventional equities has increased dramatically since the GFC, undermining claims that LPTs offer investors diversification from equities. David Hartley, chief executive of $15 billion plus industry fund SunSuper, said that the role of direct property ...

Fee-for-service products gain pace

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... such as this gives these financial planners the ability to construct client portfolios with all the benefits of diversification and liquidity offered by an LIC," Robinson said.

Invesco makes the case for global REITs

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... conventional equities has increased markedly post GFC, Rodruigez said that global REITs can still offer investors diversification benefits over the long term, from both fixed income and equities. " Since the GFC, we saw a spike in correlations across ...

Qantas eyes alternatives, cools on equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... in the growth and aggressive options. "The revised strategic asset allocations are designed to provide greater diversification and increased protection from external shocks and future market-downturns, thereby reducing the impact of these events on investment ...

Rare opportunities in US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... marketing for the firm in Australia and New Zealand, said investment in US real estate could provide super funds with diversification from the increasingly scarce pool of quality assets on offer locally. "As the super fund pool of money grows here, there ...

QIC offers instos inflation protection

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... have a history of underperforming in extreme market conditions, which is when the fund most needs the benefits of diversification." As a result, the fund can invest in a broader range of instruments, including breakeven inflation swaps and other derivatives ...

Going global with Threadneedle

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... that irritates trustees," he said. By increasing its local presence, Threadneedle is hoping to capitalise on the diversification into international equities that was already well embedded in the psyche of Australian institutions, the company's Australian ...