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Asset allocation is over, investors chase returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... "bondification" of equities, a global report found. The 2015 CREATE-Research report commissioned by Principal Global Investors (PGI) found that 70% of institutional investors chase returns, not asset classes. Only 10% disagreed about this statement. ...

AustralianSuper, Brookfield in second US deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... Massachusetts) and Bethesda Crescent in Bethesda, MD. AustralianSuper was represented by Jim Halliwell and Dan Thornton at Principal Real Estate Investors.

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... anti-austerity parties are here to stay. "There is an anti-austerity backlash in Europe and it is normal," Tempo Asset Management principal Joe Bracken says. Years of ECB-driven austerity policies have angered citizens and this feeling is now being translated ...

Milliman seeing shift in bond portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... diversification tool and financial advisers have had to rethink their traditional planning techniques. Milliman Australia principal, Wade Matterson, said there is a short period of time where ongoing falls in Australian interest rates may assist or provide ...

Boutique managers consistently outperform: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... Active boutique fund managers have consistently outperformed both non-boutique peers and indices over the past 20 years, global research found. US-based Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) study The boutique premium found that over the last two decades the ...

NAS adds Vision Super to lending program

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
National Australia Bank Asset Servicing (NAS) has added Vision Super to its principal securities lending program. It is understood to be the fourth appointment this year for NAS, already announcing it retained custody for Cooper Investors, AMIST and ...

XTB launch opens corporate bonds to retail

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... corporate bonds with various maturities and yields to suit individual investment goals and timeframes. All coupons and principal re-payments made by the bond issuers flow straight through to the XTB investor. ACBC plans to grow the range of XTBs available ...

PROFILE: PGI chief executive Grant Forster

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Principal Global Investors (PGI) chief executive Grant Forster's first job at a Woolworths supermarket was hard work. He remembers long eight-hour shifts packing fridges, stacking shelves and assisting customers. "It taught me it was an area I didn't ...

Tempo finds beta growth in Europe, Asia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... turning its global smart beta strategy away from the United States and Canada and finding growth in Europe and Asia. Tempo principal Joe Bracken told Financial Standard that the Tempo Global Equity Fund has recently joined mFund and said that, nine months ...

Principal fund upgraded by Lonsec

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
Principal Global Investors has received a "Recommended" rating for its Global Opportunities Equity Fund after the latest review from investment researchers Lonsec. According to Lonsec, the fund's core investment style coupled with diversity in the number ...