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Charter Hall launches second automotive trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... investments which provide for a strong income yield, high quality assets, and potential for capital value growth, low volatility and regular returns." Charter Hall takes an active asset management approach across its entire direct property portfolio ...

New retirement income calculator more accurate than ever

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... they may live for, the impact of inflation on the cost of the goods and services they will likely need, and how market volatility may impact their income. "The more basic calculators on the market don't take all of these risks into consideration. As ...

Factor investing sees new customised approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... portfolio as we do multi-factor smart beta strategies? So can we take ESG and combine it with quality or value or more volatility in some of these more traditional smart beta strategies? The answer is definitely yes," Hunstad said. An NGO with a large ...

BetaShares launches hedged Europe and Japan ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... investors with exposure to European and Japanese companies, while at the same time sheltering their returns from currency volatility."

AMP holds assets despite Genesys exodus

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... attributed most of this to "challenging domestic and global investment market conditions," he added that "ongoing claims volatility continues to be a feature in Australian wealth protection. Despite these challenges, we remain confident in the overall ...

PIMCO Income fund launched in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... This fund takes a prudent approach to pursuing a relatively high and sustainable monthly income stream with limited volatility, and is an attractive addition to our existing range of solutions, particularly those planning for retirement." The fund received ...

Multi-factor investing applies to credit too: Robeco

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... has shown to have persistently outperformed over the long term. These factors include low-risk, value, momentum, low volatility, high yield and quality. The method has primarily been associated with the equity portion of portfolios but Robeco believes ...

SMSFs have cash top of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... with challenging equity market conditions, with a major fall in equity markets last August, followed by an increase in volatility from December to February." "The recent performance of popular picks such as resource and banking stocks have highlighted ...

Multi-asset products continue to grow

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... periods of systematically low growth, even multi-asset managers may be limited in what they can achieve. "With increased volatility and uncertainty, many managers have tried to diversify away from traditional asset classes and towards alternatives such ...

Milliman calls out "failures of diversification"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... Index returned 14.04% in 2008, compared to the 37% loss of the S&P 500. The goal, Milliman continued, was to "control volatility" using direct risk management so as to "turbocharge compound returns." The report compared the performance of the S&P 500 ...