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UK multi-asset favourite pushes for super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... and has taken a long position on the NASDAQ and a short position in the Taiwanese stock market. "Our aim is to achieve 5% above cash so we have to take some risk," continued Stern. "The best way to think of GARS is as 25-30 horrifyingly risky plays that ...

Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... June of that year. Today there's Fed QE infinity. No use by date. It will stay there until the unemployment rate remains above 6.5% (now at 7.7%) and inflation is no more than 2.5% (headline CPI now at 1.6%). In 2012, it was renewed speculation of a ...

Conscious Capital launches Aussie equities fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... been well received by investors. We also have a very simple performance fee - you keep the first 6% and 80% of everything above that; unlike other funds, our investors' profits are aligned with our own," he added. An investment committee of Stephen Harrison ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... might not have happened overnight - it took nearly five years - but it did happen. Last Friday, the Dow closed 232.54 points above and over its 9 October 2007 all-time peak. Not long now and we'll be hearing her ex (Rod Stewart) singing, "tonight's the ...

More than five minutes this time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... index. Just have a look. Since the start of the year to yesterday's close, the Nikkei-225 index has increased by 15.1% -- way above the Dow's 9.4% gain and higher still than the S&P 500's 8.3%. And this is because of the depreciating yen - it has fallen ...

Super operating costs rise to $150 per member

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... fund costs held fairly level. "It is dangerous to stereotype, as the actual annual costs of individual funds can rise well above $700 per member," he said. The report also found that super funds are spending more on insurance. Insurance costs per member ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... earnings - they're not subject to misguided expectations. Base on this, the Australian and US equity markets are both trading above their long-term average P/Es - 18.9 times versus a long-term average of 14.7 times for Australia and 17.5 times against ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... February - the weakest level in five months - from 56.2 in January. Don't know about you but isn't the February level still above 50? China's services sector continues to expand, at as lower rate perhaps, but it's still expanding. Yeah, I didn't think ...

More steam from NY rally: Melb Inst

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... in August 2011, weeks before the market indicator S&P/ASX 200 index also reached its lows. The index is now 18.6 per cent above its value of a year ago. The last time that the shareholder confidence index was near its current level was in early 2011 ...

CFSGAM inflation plus fund targets post-retirement market

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... versus its peers, the CPI Plus fund has a highly flexible strategy, unconstrained by asset allocation limits. It targets 4.5% above inflation over a rolling five-year period which makes it suitable for any investor - retail or institutional - with a ...