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Gen Y leans away from SMSF cash holdings

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... thereby making members less likely to have changed asset allocations in the past 12 months. This approach to asset allocation is accompanied by skepticism in relation to financial advice, despite a willingness to pay for advice if it comes with a perceived ...

AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... there are those that have made no allocations. So what many super funds are now considering is what the next big asset allocation move is," Ivey said. AIMA will be working with the risk teams of a number of super funds on researching Australian long/short ...

Investors ignoring credit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
Retail investors are ignoring the middle ground between equity and fixed interest, "bar-belling" portfolio asset allocation between the two extremes, according to a paper released by boutique global credit manager, Bentham Asset Management. "I am quite ...

Real estate suffers as Europe goes DC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... solutions at GSAM told a gathering in Germany that the whole DC model across Europe is under-developed in terms of asset allocation. Trickett said this is "because the market itself is relatively undeveloped, and few providers at this stage have the ...

Vic to issue bonds to plug VisionSuper DB deficit

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... portfolio, it doesn't protect you from markets. We believe we're pretty well on the money in terms of our strategic asset allocation. There is nothing protecting anyone at the moment." He also said that the recently failed merger with Equipsuper did ...

Asset allocation more important than clever products

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
Advisers are relying more on smarter asset allocation strategies than complex new products, reveals a survey of its advisers by independent superannuation and investment platform provider Wealthtrac. The survey conducted last month found that almost ...

Towers Watson expands Aus investment team

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... Watson's Australian investment team in the past year. Towers Watson Investment provides risk assessment, strategic asset allocation and investment manager selection. It is a division of Towers Watson's Risk and Financial Services business, and has approximately ...

Investors turn to dynamic asset allocation

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
The global financial crisis, and more recently the situation in Europe, has put global asset allocation back in focus, according to PineBridge Investments. Prior to the financial crisis many investors had given up attempting to balance risk and return ...

Australia lags on commodities investments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... provide capital preservation is important for this market and the indices are a way for investors to implement the asset allocation that can deliver better diversification benefit," Gunzberg agreed.

Perpetual argues for insto outcome focus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... specialisation may have gone too far for the current volatile environment, according to one manager, who says current asset allocation structures are too focused on diversifying at stock level rather than required outcomes. The current method of allocating ...