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Life settlement fund launches in Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... understand the fund's potential." Renouf said the investments are uncorrelated with other sectors and therefore offer diversification advantages. According to Renouf, the fund is already available on several platforms, including BT, Macquarie and Oasis. ...

JPMorgan banks on alternative energy returns

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... protection facility when held to maturity over a five year term, as well as the benefits of geographic and asset diversification," said Jones-Pritchard. "In addition, there is no direct currency risk as the securities are hedged to the Australian dollar." ...

MIA predicts property slump by 2010

... returns, as opposed to regular income, which won't be there when the market turns sour. "The critical thing here is a diversification of manager styles within your LPT portfolio. You can't just go with one manager, be it a high conviction or index-weighted. ...

Centro targets SMSFs with lower min investment

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... sitting on $1.1 billion, were a combined result of several factors. "Investors are increasingly appreciating the diversification benefits that direct property adds to their portfolios and the recent growth in assets by the DPFI and DPF provides good ...

Mercer awards mandate to INVESCO

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... said, "The Fund incorporates a range of interesting underlying strategies which we believe will provide attractive diversification benefits to our multi-manager mix. In its due diligence process MGI (Mercer) was impressed with the high level of transparency ...

Sovereign MF building up its aged care portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... income volatility almost double that of the aged care sector. In addition we believe this fund offers further diversification for investors, but most importantly into an asset class with enormous growth potential" The Sovereign Viculus Aged Care Property ...

Macquarie Clean Tech Fund raises $120m

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... will invest via eight to 10 specialist managers' funds over a four year horizon, providing manager and vintage diversification. The expected final close of the Clean Tech Fund early in 2007 means a successor Macquarie fund will not be available in the ...

GoldLink launches commodities index fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
... protection to downside price movements of commodity sectors." Kovacs noted that commodities indices possessed some diversification attributes compared to other listed securities. "Commodities also have a positive correlation to inflation, and can therefore ...

AMP Capital Core Property Fund scores highest rating

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
... rating from property investment research consultancy Managed Investment Assessments (MIA) owing to its significant diversification characteristics and healthy returns. Anton Lawrence, MIA director, said the AMP Capital Core Property Fund was rated as ...

Manage risks not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
... compounding incremental positive returns rather than big from swings," said Hsu. This promotes a well thought out diversification structure, he said. "If you diversify appropriately you affect your overall risk but lets you boost your risk budget for ...