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Watching you watching me watching you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
"Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel..." - Noel Harrison It's up, it's down... it's goin' round and round. Yup Virginia, that's Wall Street for you. But the up one day (on dip ...

Beacon approves DomaCom fractional property fund

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... invest as much as they want and can spread their asset allocation across multiple properties to achieve the right blend of yield and capital growth for their portfolio along with diversification, the primary risk mitigation strategy. At the same time ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to fall after weak earnings from US retail giant WalMart contributed to a sharp drop on Wall Street. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was down 29 points at 5,496. In local economic ...

Insurers upping risk to combat low yields

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
Global insurers are looking to increase risk to combat low yields, according to the third annual Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) survey of the sector. Through independent third party research firm, KRC Research, GSAM surveyed 233 senior insurance ...

Growth of institutional infrastructure demand revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... investors in that year, with an estimated aggregate deal value of $127 billion. "With investors continuing to search for yield and strong long-term returns to meet future liabilities, as well as seeking to avoid third party manager fees, direct investment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street higher, with the Dow Jones reaching a new record after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was picking up after a winter slowdown. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street's lead and open higher as investors absorb new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 5,554.0. Locally, no major ...

JANA awards $385m mandate to Californian manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... based, bottom-up approach to stock selection. The firm believes that companies derive their value from the contribution of yield and profitable re-investment back into the company. Causeway believes risk is best measured by the volatility of a portfolio's ...

Larry Fink pays tribute to Australian super system

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... long term liability structures, such as pension funds and insurance companies, are ideally suited to put money to work in yield oriented multi decade projects that provide current income and can act as a natural inflation hedge," he said. "Countries ...

Risk management top concern for sovereign wealth funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... flexible investment mandate are recalculating their approach and looking to new markets and asset classes as they search for yield. "The resulting portfolio diversity presents fresh challenges, and official institutions will need the right teams and ...