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High risk investors lose appetite for risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... in risk appetite among ordinarily high-risk investors, research from CoreData has shown. Only 19.1% of investors with high risk profiles said they were likely to invest in new equities or products in the next three months. This compares to 32.1% in Q1 ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... Management Association (AIMA). Hedge funds have been traditionally seen as the preserve of the ultra-rich - expensive, high risk vehicles that chase returns at any cost. But while this may have been at least partly true during the heady days before the ...

International shares pose barriers to entry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... purchase an investment product over the next quarter. The number increased substantially to 32.1% for investors with a high risk profile. CoreData conducted the quantitative and qualitative analysis via an online survey between 29 October and 11 November ...

SMSF trustees suffer "unacceptably poor advice"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... submission said. The AIST and ISA said that SMSFs have "highly undiversified investment portfolios," which results in high risk investment strategies with real property investment being a leading factor. "It is important that SMSF trustees develop and ...

FPA confronts advisers with their worst nightmare

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... an insurance company. Her adviser recommended her to set up a self-managed super fund (SMSF) and put all her money in high risk investments. "The first thing that horrified me is that there was nothing in writing, no statement of advice, nothing," Tupicoffs ...

Hedge funds can reduce risk, despite reputation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... institutional space, hedge funds are still widely misunderstood by investors - they often have a reputation for being high risk, expensive, illiquid and difficult to access. But according to BlackRock head of client business Andrew Landman, these myths ...

US regulator lifts hedge fund advertising ban

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... to the general public for the first time in 80 years. The ban was intended to protect unsophisticated investors from high risk, illiquid investment pools. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the change by a 4-to-1 vote. Democratic Commissioner ...

AQR Global Risk Premium Trust opens to retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... Premium strategy, which it has managed in offshore vehicles since early 2006. "The strategy has generated relatively high risk-adjusted returns over a period that has been challenging for investors," Dunn continued. "The strategy's live performance since ...

One third of SMSF advice is poor: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... 'in the right hands SMSFs can be very effective retirement savings vehicles although in the wrong hands they can be high risk'. "We do not want to see SMSFs become the vehicle of choice for property spruikers. Where we see examples of unlicensed SMSF ...

ASIC targets SMSF confidence tricksters

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... detailed report will be issued in due course, Kell said the review of more than 100 pieces of advice in areas thought to be high risk showed that there was considerable room for improvement in the level of advice. Though the majority of the advice was ...