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Good asset owners benchmarked at $30bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... be?" Ford said. He believes the democratisation and much wider use of alternatives is likely to continue, not just in equities, bonds and real assets, but also a diversification into a much broader set of non-macro sensitive alternative assets. "Over ...

Australia tanks in global dividend index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... Speaking to Financial Standard, Andrew Harvie, an investment specialist within Columbia Threadneedle's London-based global equities team echoed Crooke's comments in urging Australian investors to consider off-shore markets for dividends. "High dividend ...

ACBC releases six fixed-rate XTBs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... deposits," ACBC chief executive Richard Murphy said. "Corporate bonds and XTBs are generally negatively correlated to equities and hybrids so they can provide true diversification, regular and predictable income as well as capital stability." This brings ...

Australia joining global retirement focus: Challenger

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... retirement. "We've started to see an economic rollover in Australia which is giving rise to people who may have invested in equities over this last year, and if you're a retiree, you may have been there to pick up the dividends but the reality is you ...

Mirae backs Asian consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
A global asset manager has made it clear they will back the Asian consumer market as part of its ongoing equities strategy in the region. During a recent trip to Australia, Mirae Asset Global Investments' head for Indian equity funds, Rahul Chadha ...

IOOF awards Australian large cap mandate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
IOOF Investments has awarded a boutique Australian equities value manager an institutional mandate. Ralton Asset Management has been chosen to manage a concentrated portfolio of large cap Australian equities. Sam Baillieu, chief executive of Ralton's ...

Investors looking to alternatives amid low cash rate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
Investors should be looking to alternative asset classes if they wish to escape the volatility of cash and domestic equities, according to specialist fixed income asset manager Global Credit Investments (GCI). Poor yields, low cash rates and volatile ...

Advisers leading ETF investment charge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... offering diversified exposure to offset some risk." The research showed ETF investors are seeing more promise in global equities and less in the Australia-focused ETFs, which have traditionally been the most popular asset class for the domestic market. ...

Saxo appoints Australia CEO and insto head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... also appointed Nik Kritikos as head of institutional business. Prior to this he was an executive director of global cash equities at J.P. Morgan. Commenting on the appointments, Saxo chief executive for Asia Pacific Adam Reynolds said: "Our main goal ...

Factor investing sees new customised approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... reduce confusion about who has the best thinking. He said this will lead to a smaller number of smart beta products in equities but an increase in fixed income, commodities and real estate. Northern Trust recently launched two factor-based fixed income ...