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Market shake-up spurs ETF demand

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... said. Bradbury claims that self-managed superannuation funds investors are also using the ASX-listed iShares as a diversification vehicle to explore selective areas of international investment. As the liquidity crisis continues to affect markets worldwide ...

CAAM dons emerging markets cap

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... economies persist to churn at a rapid pace and investor demand continues to escalate. "In between demands for returns, diversification, and financial trends we've seen in the markets, we've been able to win a number of awards of distinctions for this ...

NZ Super in the red

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... growth related investments provide significant financial gain over the long term," he said. "The fund's investment diversification has assisted in reducing some of the short term volatility on returns from specific market declines, as in property and ...

Diversity pays in wealth management: CBA

... during the period. Grahame Petersen, who heads the wealth management arm, attributes the group's performance to its diversification strategy. "Once upon a time we were very big in Australian equities and that's about it but now we're in global infrastructure ...

Australian super funds sticking with equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... encouraging, events of this month will serve to remind investors of the value of risk management and the benefits of diversification," Miller said. "With the average allocation to equities at 56 per cent, global pension fund assets could have diminished ...

MLC eyes distressed bank loan market

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... opportunistic debt strategy that complements the firm's existing diversified debt strategy. "It adds another layer of diversification, and the opportunity to add returns in a part of the market that we believe is currently inefficiently priced," said ...

MacarthurCook ventures to the long white cloud

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... direct New Zealand investments so it's an indirect way to get exposure to the New Zealand market," said Bygrave. Diversification along with exposure to the New Zealand investment market, investors and property companies formed the crux of MacarthurCook's ...

Funds SA splurges $1.4b on mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... under $500 million to Perennial Growth Management, and around $360 million to Bernstein Value to increase process diversification in their portfolio. GSJBW and Perennial Growth's mandates represent 22 per cent of Funds SA's equities portfolio, while ...

Fidelity turns on hazard lights for 2008

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... small cap funds tended not to be exposed to the same global factors as large cap stocks, therefore were ideal for diversification or institutions seeking inactive absolute returns. He said the fund had produced out performance of 141 basis points in ...

MM over-diversification a myth: Russell

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
Keep picking investment managers and adding them to your portfolio until you can't find another good one, Russell Investment Management told yesterday's IMCA's conference. "Picking good managers is fundamental to any multi-manager portfolio. But many ...