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Millennials' short-term thinking unrealistic

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... fine for cash and certain types of bonds, Schroders said it will often prove too short a time period to counteract the volatility associated with equities. Less than a fifth (18%) of investors said they held investments for at least five years, and around ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... this may be fine for cash and certain types of bonds, it will often prove too short a time period to counteract the volatility associated with equities," they added. Even more worrying, less than a fifth of investors said they held investments for five ...

PIMCO hires real estate strategist

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... overseeing hedge fund and opportunistic/distressed strategies, including global macro, credit relative value, multi-asset volatility and opportunistic real estate, mortgage and corporate credit strategies. As of March 31, 2016, PIMCO managed approximately ...

TH Real Estate completes first close of European Cities Fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... advantage of short-term pricing opportunities' may enjoy above-average portfolio level returns, lower-than-average volatility, and modest downside risk, for long-term investors, enhanced further by a market recovery."

Absolute returns no longer the domain of instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... attention in rising markets, but beating the market on the way down doesn't ease the pain for investors. With market volatility seemingly becoming ever more regular, investors now more deeply understand that there are alternatives in the market to help ...

UBS Microcap fund added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... Index in 2010 to 25% last year. While traditionally more volatile than their larger-cap peers during times of market volatility, small-cap funds offer investors the benefit of greater diversification as well as potentially outsized performance. Morningstar ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... the depth of GFC albeit global stock market capitalisation only returned to its pre-GFC level in 2014 although the volatility of the first half of 2016 has seen aggregate capitalisations fall below this mark again.

Trust ahead of returns for member retention

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... showed the vital part that trust in the fund played in retaining members, particularly during periods of investment volatility. "These are always trying investment conditions for funds and their members, which is why we are continuing to prioritise development ...

New income fund launches

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... deliver annual income of 4% above the RBA cash rate before taxes and charges. It seeks to preserve capital and manages volatility to a target of less than half the volatility of global equities over any three-year period. It also pays income on a monthly ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... Canada to create 65,000 jobs A report by the Conference Board of Canada into the Canadian resources sector says despite volatility in the sector that it still projects the industry will generate over 65,000 job over the next decade. The industry is also ...