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Balanced funds tip towards alternatives

... found falling demand for fixed interest and a marked shift towards alternative assets. The survey looked at asset allocations for balanced funds in 2002 and how they compare to the ones today. The research broke down what a balanced fund would look like ...

Everything old is new again, now: Schroders

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
... new ways of doing things. "We talk about things in a lot more sophisticated ways now but when you look at our asset allocations compared to the old balanced funds they're not that different," he said. Further, returns over 10 years for balanced funds ...

Access all asset classes: Vanguard

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
... However, with the stellar returns of some asset classes this year, investors may need to look at rebalancing their asset allocations as 2006 draws to a close. "Asset allocation is the main thing and people may need to rebalance their portfolio& because ...

REST hits $10.5bn on a strong FY06

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2006
... we've made for a long term investment goal. Also over two years we have increasingly added to our alternative asset allocations, including in infrastructure, hedge funds, absolute return strategies and those along with our managers selections we feel ...

InvestorWeb downgrades Perpetual funds

... to sit back and see how it goes," he said. Gonzalez argued that the change will have no affect on strategic asset allocations with the fund's benchmark remaining the same. "Strategic asset allocation is based on market return, we haven't changed the ...

ING OneAnswer gets upgraded and fine-tuned

... are progressing in real time, while the ING website will include enhanced reporting facilities to view client asset allocations and investment details. Client data download facilities will also be available. These OneAnswer enhancements come just a few ...

Mercer warns fund members to assess asset allocations re Choice

Mercer Human Resource Consulting has urged investors to focus on the underlying asset allocation rather than purely on the current performance of a superannuation fund when deciding on the fund they want to belong to under the new Choice regime. Mercer ...

Macquarie promotes higher alternative asset allocations

Macquarie Funds Management has challenged the accepted finance industry approach of allocating only 5% of an investment portfolio to alternative assets. Head of asset allocation, Robert Credaro, speaking at an industry forum in Sydney, said investors ...

Super returns heading for second miserable year: Rainmaker

... of these performance figures for superannuation members becomes evident when considered alongside the typical asset allocations of super funds, Rainmaker said. On average, super funds have 60% of assets invested in Australian and international equities. ...

Equity markets still overvalued despite recent falls: Deutsche

... next 10 years, increases the focus on high yield alternative investments and the role they may play in future asset allocations. According to Cooper, "substantial earnings growth is required just to maintain current world equity markets," and talk of ...