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SERF awards MLIM $85m portable alpha mandate

... co-chief investment officer Russell Maddox said, "The main argument the cynics make is that [portable alpha] sounds great in theory but a lot more difficult in practice." He continued, "Stripping out the betas can be very expensive and hard to manage ...

Don't drink coffee, make more than $160,000

... fatter pension fund. "Although we found that most Australians had a great attitude towards saving for their retirement in theory, 27.4 per cent of participants were still unprepared to make some daily changes as these compromised their current lifestyle," ...

Common sense rules in portfolio construction

... practically useless ratio for statistically distinguishing between portfolios," said Christie. He added that it's good in theory but in practice, it has 'severe statistical shortcomings'. "I guess the grim conclusion is that a lot of the claims that ...

Women like risk, men think too much

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
... senior economist with BT Financial Group, presented her research at the CMSF forum yesterday. The findings bore out the theory that investors are not rational, despite what economic theory may suggest, though certain factors did affect their investment ...

Index for the smart, hedge for the stupid

LA-based investment theory and practice guru Rex Sinquefield entertained, enlightened and provoked the audience at the FPA conference last week when he questioned returns made by hedge funds and called those who invest in them "stupid". "Many people ...

New investment risk tool for SMFSs launched

... investment strategies. The software - PLAN4U Interchange - measures portfolio risk through the implementation of portfolio theory, statistics, econometrics and probability theory. "The Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act (1993) explicitly requires ...

Financial illiteracy prevalent

... a strong association between the financial health of an organisation and the financial well being of its employees. His theory is the more financially strong the employees the higher the productivity and profitability of the company. The poor financial ...

QIC strategist wins international gong

... reached by his paper is financial economics should not be used as a complete replacement for, or appendix to actuarial theory, but should instead be integrated carefully into actuarial thought. The paper was presented at the Conference of Consulting ...