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Days of outstanding emerging markets returns numbered

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
The opportunity for outstanding returns from the world's developing economies may have shifted to frontier markets, according to the latest annual CREATE-Research report. Commissioned by Principal Global Investors, the report is produced from the results ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
Tensions continue in Iraq (has it ever gone away?), Russia's building up troops on Ukraine's border (38,000 and counting according to Ukraine) and the IMF has just released fresh forecasts for the US economy (crystal ball now shows growth at a flat ...

Financial Wisdom to face class action for poor advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom will face a class action started by Shine Lawyers for inappropriate investment advice to more than 3,000 clients. Shine Lawyers confirmed to Financial Standard that the law firm is now collecting evidence to ...

Future Fund names new managing director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... acting managing director until Neal takes the reins in August. Future Fund chairman Peter Costello said: "David is a world class investor and leader and the search process confirmed that he was the best qualified person for the role of managing director. ...

Getting ideas across to SMSFs the first battle: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... SMSFs invest heavily in equities, other asset classes such as fixed income and alternatives lose out to cash - an asset class which is easy to understand and provides absolute liquidity, but will just about guarantee a loss when inflation is factored ...

Mother's Day Classic raises $4.5m for breast cancer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
Women in Super's Mother's Day Classic has raised $4.5 million for the National Breast Cancer Foundation in its 2014 campaign. This brings the total figure raised to $24.3 million since the campaign first ran in 1998. Mother's Day Classic National Chair ...

Blue Sky raises $60.4 million for first listed alternatives fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... director Alexander McNab said. According to Rainmaker data from December 2013, alternatives are the fastest growing asset class in Australia, increasing from 5% of all investments in 1997 to more than 13% at the end of 2013. This trend is continuing ...

Investors find opportunity in SMSF conservative approach

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
Self-managed super funds (SMSF) ultra conservative approach to investment can be turned into an opportunity for investors with higher tolerance for volatility. The latest Credit Suisse equity research explains that companies forecasted to raise dividend ...

Wanted: $20bn electricity investor for NSW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... increased 14% in the 12 months to March 2014, according to Rainmaker. The leading investment managers dominating the asset class are IFM Investors, Macquarie, QIC, the Future Fund Management Agency and AMP Capital Investors. The largest super funds with ...

Beware high correlations: AQR

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
An allocation to hedge funds is necessary to stand any chance of making any money in down markets, according to AQR Capital Management co-founder and head of client strategies David Kabiller. The former Goldman Sachs executive said that traditional ...