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US regulator lifts hedge fund advertising ban

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... to the general public for the first time in 80 years. The ban was intended to protect unsophisticated investors from high risk, illiquid investment pools. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the change by a 4-to-1 vote. Democratic Commissioner ...

AQR Global Risk Premium Trust opens to retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... Premium strategy, which it has managed in offshore vehicles since early 2006. "The strategy has generated relatively high risk-adjusted returns over a period that has been challenging for investors," Dunn continued. "The strategy's live performance since ...

One third of SMSF advice is poor: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... 'in the right hands SMSFs can be very effective retirement savings vehicles although in the wrong hands they can be high risk'. "We do not want to see SMSFs become the vehicle of choice for property spruikers. Where we see examples of unlicensed SMSF ...

ASIC targets SMSF confidence tricksters

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... detailed report will be issued in due course, Kell said the review of more than 100 pieces of advice in areas thought to be high risk showed that there was considerable room for improvement in the level of advice. Though the majority of the advice was ...

Zenith reaffirms RFM livestock fund recommendation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... completely uncorrelated to mainstream assets. StockBank is therefore recommended as a risk diversifier in a portfolios with high risk tolerance weighted toward traditional asset classes. Zeniths said that unlike some agricultural themed investments in ...

Low risk choice poses high risk on savings: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... worse off at retirement than if they had chosen an investment option with a more growth orientation labelled "medium to high risk." Meanwhile, 29 per cent of young people either didn't know what a "low risk" investment was or thought it would provide ...

Suncorp and Bendigo jump on hybrid demand

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Listed insurance company Suncorp is one of the latest to tap into investor demand for high yields with the launch of a $350 million Tier 1 hybrid offer this week. The insurance giant said that the money raised from the hybrids which are called Convertible ...

Legal challenges face default super inquiry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... well as funds that were excluded. Or, even worse may be if the fund has defaulted or collapsed - not to say there is a high risk of that but things can happen and funds can end up insolvent. "We're saying if the government wants to go down the road of ...

Investment grade wine attracts global wealth

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... to the relative low volatility of 10.6% of the London International Vintner's Exchange (Liv-ex) Fine Wine Index and high risk-adjusted return (Sharpe ratio of 1.07) as evidence that investment grade wine has qualities suitable for the current economic ...

Bentham attracts new super mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... part of an asset allocation fills a gap between the extremes of low risk/lower growth in cash and term deposits and high risk growth dependant equities. "Those with exposure to a well-diversified portfolio of local and global credit investments are eligible ...