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Flexibility not returns, drive SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... while flexibility and tax management is their primary motivation, their ability to stick with their chosen investment strategy gives them a self perceived performance advantage as well. The research, based on an internet survey of 279 respondents, was ...

Aging SMSF trustees revert to managed solutions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... "During the retirement phase, people have different investment risk and return profiles and refinements in investment strategy will need to be formulated and implemented. In the latter years of life, individuals may be less interested or equipped to ...

ASIC takes action against Storm adviser

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... about his advice to clients. Terence Webb's customers may have been advised to only put their money in the one investment strategy recommended by Storm, said the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC said that after its investigation ...

Same old blues but some upside in 2013: Russell and Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... equity markets are likely to provide investors with reasonable gains next year. Andrew Pease, global head of investment strategy at Russell, said that US and emerging market equities are undervalued by around 5% and 10% respectively following recent ...

AustSafe Super to merge with retirement fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... AustSafe Super will continue to offer their former CRF members a Capital Stable investment option based on the investment strategy of the CRF as well as having access to the super fund's nine investment options.

EM debt not to be overlooked: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... as an asset class, many investors continue to see it as risky, said Philip Poole, global head of macro and investment strategy, HSBC Global Asset Management. J.P. Morgan's Emerging Markets Bond Index Global shows that the risk premium on dollar-denominated ...

SSgA appoints head of capital markets

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... funds that provide investors with the flexibility to select investments that are precisely aligned to their investment strategy. Prior to joining SSgA, Pang ran the capital markets business at Amundi Investment Solution, where she was responsible for ...

Innovative income fund pays dividends

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... beneficial to zero tax payers, Hamson says the focus on this class of investor made it possible to tailor their investment strategy to truly maximize after-tax returns - without making compromises. "Contrast this with the standard managed fund, which ...

New hedge fund rules for post-GFC environment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... definition of hedge funds as managed investment schemes that exhibit at least two characteristics: complex investment strategy or structure; use of leverage; use of derivatives; use of short selling; and charging a performance fee. This then decides ...

Faith in monetary policy spawns new investment theme

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... technology equipment manufacturers." Acknowledging the risk on / risk off market was not good for the thematic investment strategy, Wood however said thematic investing was finding popularity in Australia for the long-term focus on themes that play out ...