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Former BlackRock exec joins Robeco

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... relationships with financial advisers and promote Robeco's investment strategies, including Emerging Conservative Equity (Low Volatility) and a soon to be launched global equities strategy in Australia. He will report to Robeco's Australia and New Zealand ...

Adviser appetite for infrastructure investments increasing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... we're not likely to experience quite the same level of growth in the future but there also won't be the same level of volatility." It's this risk/reward pay-off which Frankish said makes the sector most compelling to retail investors. While utilities ...

GARS added to BT Wrap platform

HARRY PAGE, MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... UK in 2006. The multi-asset strategy aims to provide positive returns irrespective of market conditions with reduced volatility compared to equities. The fund typically runs around 25 to 35 strategies that span global markets, with each one selected ...

Days of outstanding emerging markets returns numbered

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... becoming more discerning as emerging markets are increasingly considered a tactical investment opportunity. "Marked volatility and concern about the political will to aggressively pursue a reform agenda has certainly made investors more wary about their ...

Investors find opportunity in SMSF conservative approach

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... ultra conservative approach to investment can be turned into an opportunity for investors with higher tolerance for volatility. The latest Credit Suisse equity research explains that companies forecasted to raise dividend payments over the next two years ...

Investors return to active global equities managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... European sovereign debt crisis and an improved US economy are underpinning the global economic outlook and reducing volatility," he said. "It is little surprise that global equities have recovered and active managers are more popular." The second factor ...

Dynamic approach key to low volatility investing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
Institutional investors turning to low volatility equity strategies to help manage risk in their portfolios must be prepared to take a very active and flexible approach, leading proponents of the strategy have warned. Low volatility equity investing ...

T. Rowe Price partners with BT and Mosaic

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... specified time horizons, risk tolerances and income requirements. "The ability to generate sustainable income without volatility is critical in markets such as Australia where an increasing number of retirees face longer retirements."

IOOF awards $115m global equities mandate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... of its IOOF MultiMix suite of multi-manager superannuation funds. The mandate was awarded to SSgA's Global Managed Volatility Alpha fund. The "benchmark unaware" strategy, which was launched for Australian investors in March last year, aims to deliver ...

Blue Sky launches first listed investment company

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... traditional asset classes such as listed equities and bonds, Blue Sky said alternative assets have the potential to reduce volatility and enhance portfolio returns. The company launched in 2006 and listed in 2012. It currently has a market capitalisation ...