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FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... alternatives as yet and finds the education piece with the retail segment typically involves bringing in their return expectations in line. Seeing that a gap exists between alternatives and retail clients, Martel believes ETFs have a potential role to ...

BlackRock merges ETF, unlisted fund sales teams in EMEA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... institutionals. "A greater focus on cost, transparency and investor protections, set against a backdrop of lower return expectations and challenging legacy technology platforms, are transforming our wealth and asset management clients' investment practices ...

MLC funds tone down return expectations

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... by 6%, 5% and 3.5% p.a. previously. Last month, and before the RBA's Tuesday rate cut, MLC revised the return expectations to 4.5%, 3.5% and 2% per annum. "The unusually low cash rates we've been experiencing around the world for an extended ...

Time to reset member return expectations?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
Research house Rice Warner has openly questioned whether superannuation funds should begin resetting the return expectations of members. With difficult economic headwinds prevailing, Rice Warner is concerned superannuation funds have made a rod for ...

Active, passive investing continues to confuse: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... investing, including 400 Australian investors. Natixis said the "surprising" survey results showed investor's return expectations had raised despite a challenging recent period in financial markets, however noted investors' tolerance for risk did not ...

Responsible investing rises on advice agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... "It appears many financial planners were attuned to the fragilities in the market, having realigned their return expectations downward," Peker said. Forty-four per cent of planners said they are not involved in selecting individual investments, instead ...

What worries Aussie advisers: Natixis

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... challenging", whereas 25.3% of global advisers did. Australian advisers were also more bullish when it came to return expectations, citing likely long-term performance as 6.4%, compared with 5.5% globally. Globally, 58% of advisers judged geopolitical ...

Kapstream creates new fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... for some time. "Macroeconomic reference rates remain low/subdued and consequently mainstream capital market return expectations have generally been revised down, a position we do not expect to materially change in the near to medium term," he said. A ...

High valuations drive insto investors to alternatives: BlackRock

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... strategies" is indicative of the persistence of global risks. "Despite synchronised global growth, our overall return expectations for most segments of institutional investors are well below their return targets," Conway said. "Maintaining current cash ...

Lack of expertise driving down competition: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... significant driver of this trend is that many of these businesses have failed to fulfil performance and shareholder return expectations; ADIs have typically been unable to realise all of the benefits that were expected of such financial activities," ...