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AMG deepens Australian focus with new role

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... were approximately US$463 billion in more than 350 investment products across a broad range of investment styles, asset classes and distribution channels.

AQR Global Risk Premium Trust opens to retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... diversified portfolio of equities, fixed income and commodities, allocating its investment-risk budget evenly across asset classes and actively managing its portfolio to maintain that balance through the market cycle. "Our Global Risk Premium strategy ...

Research reveals gender gap in share appetite

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... some improvement in investor sentiment, unless there is an increase in saving or a allocation to higher returning asset classes then women will continue to be most at risk of not achieving their retirement objectives.

Wealth of opportunities for Aussie asset managers overseas

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... infrastructure and many Aussie managers have expertise they can offer. There are also opportunities in all the other asset classes," he said. The IFM chief executive said that Australian investment specialists would be made to feel very welcome internationally. ...

FFMA is on track to break $100bn barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... infrastructure and timberland and alternative assets, a weighting that is more than double the typical allocation into these asset classes compared to even not-for-profit funds. The weighting of the Future Fund to global equities at 24% is nonetheless ...

Warren Buffett praises Fed stimulus measures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... the game needed to be a professional." Buffett later told US broadcaster ABC that he favoured stocks over other asset classes. "They don't look overpriced. They certainly look more attractive than fixed-income investments to me," he said. Often described ...

Macquarie reports rise in profits

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... well positioned, with a strong and diverse global platform and specialist skills across a range of products and asset classes. All of this is built on the foundation of a strong balance sheet, significant surplus capital, a robust liquidity and funding ...

EQT appoints interim CIO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... where he was head of investment strategy and consulting and responsible for research and investments across all asset classes. Prior to this, he was with Macquarie Bank and he has also worked at HSBC Asset Management, Challenger Financial Services Group ...

US tax abolition to pave way for super fund inv

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... allocation models to reflect the increased attractiveness of US direct property and infrastructure relative to other asset classes. "Prime real estate in the US has recovered strongly since the global financial crisis and is close to pre-crisis pricing. ...

Is benchmarking being legislated?

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... encourages the industry to fall back on investment benchmarks as justification for putting clients in particular asset classes," Ramsay said. "You could see some significant wealth destruction in real terms," he said. Van Eyk Senior Asset Consultant ...