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Down, down interest rates are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012

More risk checks needed for super fund equities

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Australian superannuation funds should increase their modeling of liquidity risk of their large cap equities at the manager and portfolio level, said a senior consultant. Since the GFC, Australian super funds have forgotten the cost of liquidity, and ...

Nothing new in objectives-based investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Objectives-based investing is nothing new and fund fiduciaries being pushed to adopt it should instead see it as recognition that traditional investment approaches has many inbuilt limitations. Tony MacKenzie, chief strategist at QIC, told the ASFA ...

China: economy rising, market sinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... not. And so it will be until the midnight hour when both sides of the US political divide shake hands, agree to kick the problem another day, perhaps when the economy is in much better shape. In the meantime, things continue to look up in China. Tthe ...

In-house investment management risky

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
While developing an internal investment team sounds like an easy way to save fees, it's a complex governance switch that funds must understand and carefully plan. "When you bring investments in-house you turn manager 'agency risk' into a HR (human resource) ...

Early engagement key to next-gen wealth transfer

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... use it meaningfully is a major concern for many ultra high net worth individuals. The destruction of wealth is a common problem when it passes to children or young adults who have little knowledge of how to manage their finances and only have experience ...

Lifecycle not the answer: Rice Warner

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
Two of retirement savings' biggest problems could be made worse by lifecycle Funds, which only help the poor returns caused by volatility, said Rice Warner Actuaries. Retirees dread a stock-market tumble, but most superannuation funds worry about this ...

Flip flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... 18.1% The Euro is in real jeopardy 26.0% Valuations are simply too cheap to ignore 33.8% Austerity measures are the real problem 22.1% 5. I want my international/global equity managers to tactically reduce their exposure to the Euro. I very much agree ...

Bear market end in sight: AMP Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
There are some pretty good signs that the secular bear market may be coming to an end, according to AMP Capital's Shane Oliver. Since the galling crash of the dotcom bubble in the summer of 2000, the stock market has struggled to provide investors with ...

Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... investors with a multi-year investment horizon must focus on these long-term trends when they position their portfolios. The problem of an aging population is most acute in developed economies such as Japan, Germany and the rest of Europe but is also ...