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It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... Stronger-than-expected US payrolls growth equals June interest rate lift off - Wall Street not happy camper. Weaker-than-expected and third consecutive monthly decline in retail spending in Feb plus second straight month of minus business sales growth ...

Australia's coming $32bn SIB sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... to achieve key performance targets in order to receive their payments, and the SIB needs to be underwritten in part by a third-party financier. Illustrating this is practice, an information memorandum for an SIB organised by Social Ventures Australia ...

How to get private equity returns from listed stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Investors can get two-thirds of the excess return offered by private equity from targeted listed stocks, according to researchers from State Street and Windham Capital Management who say this nullifies the need to allocate to the asset class unless ...

Advisers see regulated robo-advice opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
Two-thirds (68%) of financial advisers see automated advice software as an "opportunity", according to a Midwinter survey. Midwinter managing director Julian Plummer argued that the survey - which tracked the responses of 288 financial advisers - indicates ...

Super funds blend ETFs into investment strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... allows the fund to negotiate with active managers to build bespoke strategies. Commenting on the issue, ING Direct head of third party distribution Mark Woolnough said that passive investment management is now used by close to 50% of retail super funds ...

Super funds turning to passive to tackle high fees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... guarantee higher returns and in fact can leave a significant hole in a client's retirement nest egg," ING Direct head of third party distribution Mark Woolnough said. "Ultimately it comes down to value, and with the rise of passive investment strategies ...

Asian institutions not using asset consultants

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... their own, this process is occasionally outsourced because using an external consultant gives their investment strategy a "third-party stamp of approval that can affirm an institution's manager selection decision," said Cerulli research director Yoon ...

Employers must do more to promote ethical culture

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... single biggest reason for the current lack of trust. The same respondents were asked how they would address the problem. One third (31% globally, and 36% in Australia) said that compensation should be better aligned with investor objectives, and 27% ...

Fixed income offers little equity risk protection: CFM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
Ultra low interest rates across the developed world mean investors have lost the ability to use fixed income assets as their central pillar of protection against equity market risk. That's according to one of the heads of the $6 billion French hedge ...

European insurers attract dividend seekers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... rates. Today the sector yields 350bp more than a basket of investment grade corporate bonds," Amundi noted. Insurance is third best sector in Europe for dividend yield. Amundi added that while the insurance sector's pay-out ratio at 51% is on par with ...