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Equities could deliver zero returns: JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... their savings from the equities markets over the past 20 years. He said trustees must work harder at finding "true diversification", invest in "fewer equities" and pour more into absolute return strategies. He also said that Australian property investments ...

Super funds eye catastrophic investing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... Suisse's ILS Low Risk portfolio, which insured against Katrina, only lost 0.8 per cent. Ultimately, it is the risk diversification that will appeal most to local investors, said Sedillo. "We've done over 23 meetings in the last four days and three more ...

AMP wins Asset Super mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... month to run the fund's Socially Responsible option on behalf of super and pension members. This RIL fund offers a diversification of investments with the objective of achieving moderate to high returns with medium levels of volatility over the long ...

Investors back structured prod investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... planners are saying they can only make good money during bull markets so we're looking for products that can provide diversification and add returns when the markets are flat."

Focus on dividend outcome: Insync

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
Planners under pressure from clients to prioritise long-term income over capital growth should take note of a fresh strategy from new entrant Insync - a specialist global equities fund manager. Monik Kotecha, chief investment officer of the three-month ...

Lonsec recommends AUI property fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... financial crisis. "PIF offers investors both long term capital growth as well as quarterly income, and strong diversification and liquidity - attributes that are particularly attractive to investors at the moment," Coughlan said in a statement. PIF was ...

How to survive the next market outlier

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... Madoff's feeder funds. That's why it's prime time that investors get back to basics and understand the importance of diversification, even if the "new" thinking these days is that diversification didn't work during the crisis. On the contrary, it did. ...

Super funds to take the reins off bond managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... income down to 10 per cent. I think trustees are beginning to realise that was too low and from an investment and diversification point of view it makes sense to boost that up a bit," he said.

MAP Super seeks alternatives, hires Bennelong

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
MAP Super is boosting its diversification strategy by tapping alternatives such as private equity and hedge funds, and has hired Bennelong Funds Management as a new investment manager. According to an August update of the fund, MAP Super is increasing ...

Bigger doesn't always mean better

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Having a large portfolio with hundreds of companies doesn't always generate the best diversification as the GFC has proven - sparking a time to revisit concentrated portfolio strategies to reap better returns, said Aberdeen Asset Management. For Andrew ...