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Future Fund manager joins Fidante

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... credit risk and no leverage. We believe it can play an important role in diversified portfolios, especially at a time when returns available from conventional fixed income performance drivers are low."

Equity factor investing undergoes further examination

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... context. Even when dynamic, factor investing is generally based on risk budget management rather than active views of returns, the researchers said. "When evaluating their control of dynamic factor investing, most investors think they have poor control ...

Lead portfolio manager named for new international LIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... as an analyst with Geoff, I helped develop and implement the investment process that has delivered strong risk-adjusted returns for shareholders over our 20-year history." The initial public offering for WAM Global is expected to launch in late April ...

Derivatives costly and ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... derivatives for downside risk management and tail-risk hedging was too high. "Fees can have a compounding impact on long-term returns. However, the real question is whether they provide a greater benefit than their cost. This can only be judged through ...

Infrastructure investment needs rethink

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... this year. Sydney-based Langley said asset-based growth companies will likely invest in underlying assets to generate returns rather than buying or building new assets in 2018. "Most of the companies RARE invests in are achieving between 7% and 10% return ...

CBA advice compensation bill balloons

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... The index considers how organisations balance social, environmental and governance performance while delivering superior returns to investors.

Advice clients most satisfied with goals-based approach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... resulting in widespread uncertainty around increasing overseas exposure. Investment Trends notes that investors' hopes for returns on Australian equities remain disassociated from market performance - the Australian stock market recorded healthy gains ...

Supervised Investments wins global fixed income mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... returned 4% over the same period. "Supervised Investments has a long track record of delivering strong, risk-adjusted returns," chief executive Michael Ohlsson said. "In today's uncertain economic environment, investors are increasingly focused on capital ...

SMSFs shifting focus for diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... Wesfarmers, CSL, Woolworths and Woodside Petroleum. Separately, new data released by the Australian Taxation Office shows returns from the SMSF sector in 2015-16 were on par with that of APRA-regulated funds. The figures also show the sector having grown ...

ATO toasts the "SMSF class of 2012"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... of the annual SMSF statistics, the ATO also announced that it was extending the due date for lodgement of annual SMSF returns for 2016-17 to June 30. ATO deputy commissioner James O'Halloran explained the decision, citing "some major new considerations ...