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Countdown to CIMA scholarships: IMCA

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... study program and a residential program and examination. Each component covers risk management, forecasting, asset allocation, alternative investments and performance measurement. The CIMA program is international recognised and provides participants ...

Westpac prizes growth and alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... Westpac will allocate 10 per cent of this option's strategy to include alternatives. Despite the alterations in asset allocation, all other features, such as the investment objectives and strategies of the three options, remain the same. The changes ...

REST activates growth strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
The $13 billion REST Superannuation fund has made a radical change to its growth and defensive asset allocation split - jumping from 67/33 to today's 78/22 in less than 9 months. According to Damian Hill, chief executive of REST, the fund is increasingly ...

NAB Super fine-tunes investment choice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... per cent, according to a recent newsletter to members. The move will enable those who already choose their own asset allocation to tailor their portfolios as they see fit. For instance, they can now choose to have 5 per cent allocated to the balanced ...

Reverse core satellite approach: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... Vanguard Investments Australia head of retail, said financial planners should focus on the long term and clients asset allocation. "[I'm not sure about] changing your portfolio methodology because markets have been through a tumultuous 12 months," he ...

SMSFs beat the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... said. The research undertaken by Zurbrugg and SuperGuardian client manager, Monte Engler, found the average SMSF asset allocation was not all that dissimilar to the average retail default investment strategy. The only noticeable difference Zurbrugg said ...

GESB seeks more unlisted exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
West Australian-based Government Employees Superannuation Fund (GESB) is considering increasing its current asset allocation of 5 per cent into unlisted assets after it was hard hit by the downfall of equities markets. GESB, which had $8.4 billion in ...

Instos cool on direct infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... "There's two things happening; they've got a lot of illiquid assets in their portfolio which really messes with the asset allocation and there's also a potential for the unlisted assets to be somewhat over-valued so they're concerned about putting more ...

Perpetual appoints joint quant head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... worked at Barra and Thomson Marconi. Khilnani joined Perpetual in 1994 and has worked across equities and tactical asset allocation before this appointment. He also worked at YBA Kanoo, Gulf International Bank, Bankers Trust, ANZ McCaughan Securities ...

Planners tune in to ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... market's growth. He first recommended ETFs four years ago. "ETFs broaden the menu of choices, with much wider asset allocation choices," said Baker. "For example, for the last few years, Australian investors have been able to conveniently diversify into ...