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Survey reveals investors greatest fear in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... be the best performing asset class over the next three months and 58% believe equities will outperform all other asset classes over the next five years. "The immediate post-crisis environment has gradually been replaced by something calmer, yet lacking ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... played a reliable role in anchoring well-diversified portfolios, enhancing returns and mitigating risk. Third, other asset classes, particularly equities, aren't deemed as attractively cheap -- and have an unpleasant tendency to sell off faster and further ...

DomaCom eyes Gen Ys with property product

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... condition that investors allocate their money exclusively to the Property Fund. Trustees who want to invest in other asset classes will also be able to set up the SMSF with DomaCom, but at a higher cost. Chief executive Arthur Naoumidis told Financial ...

IOOF awards $115m global equities mandate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... Peter Mitchell added: "SSgA has worked with the IOOF MultiMix investment team for many years across a number of asset classes. We believe this strategy with its benchmark agnostic construction, high active share, and its optimisation from an AUD currency ...

S&P Dow Jones appoints head of Australia and NZ

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... and New Zealand," S&P Dow Jones Indices chief executive Alex Matturri said. "Daphne's experience across all major asset classes, on both the buy and sell side, is invaluable to our expansion plans in this region. Her appointment allows S&P Dow Jones ...

SunGard launches hedge fund risk reporting service

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... competitive advantage and differentiate themselves to investors." The new service allows increased monitoring of multi asset classes and instruments, improved data management and more accurate modeling of assets. Hedge funds will also benefit from increased ...

FEATURE: Managing SMSF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... could be the ultimate investment vehicle for superannuation. SMSF trustees in Australia can invest in virtually all asset classes, including property and alternatives. Their only limitation is the trustee limit of four people. The Australian Taxation ...

Insurers upping risk to combat low yields

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... debt, private equity, commercial mortgage loans, and real estate equity. As CIOs plan to allocate more to non-core asset classes, the survey indicates that CFOs are demonstrating significantly greater comfort with investment risk. CFOs believe the industry ...

Blue Sky launches first listed investment company

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... LIC will co-invest alongside direct investors in Blue Sky's managed funds across the company's four alternative asset classes of real assets, private equity and venture capital, private real estate and hedge funds. According to Blue Sky's investment ...

AMP gives SMSFs access to property and corporate bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
AMP Capital has launched two funds targeting self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors who want to access asset classes that require a large capital outlay. The AMP Capital Wholesale Australian Property Fund and the AMP Capital Corporate Bond Fund are ...