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K2 hurt by Brexit call

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... Funds under management finished the year at $689.7 million. "The K2 funds had taken advantage of the weakness in the UK market leading up to the Brexit vote and added around 350 basis points of exposure. In addition, we entered the UK referendum with ...

Listed and direct real estate show correlation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
Both listed and direct real estate should be considered in an investment portfolio as the correlation between returns, diversification and volatility are similar over the long term. This is the view presented in a recent AMP Capital white paper. The ...

Bank love affair with wealth management waning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
The wealth management industry has been embroiled in one scandal after another and as it struggles to meet both shareholder and customer demands, a number of big players are re-evaluating their commitment to wealth management. Unlike many international ...

ASIC and UK regulator sign fintech deal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... other's respective markets. The goal is to reduce regulatory uncertainty for new Australian businesses entering the UK market, and vice versa. Both the FCA and ASIC have said they will provide support for these businesses "before, during and after authorisation ...

Advice M&A deals boom after years of stagnation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Mergers and acquisitions of advice practices are happening at an unprecedented level due to excellent market conditions, according to Forte Asset Management director Steven Prendeville. Speaking at a panel session of the FPA Congress titled 'How to ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... been invested in target-date funds (also known as lifecycle or lifestage) during the last five to 10 years. He said the UK market is growing too, currently at about $100 billion. "These [lifecycle funds] have really taken off in the US particularly after ...

Investing is like a game of tennis

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... United States about $700 billion has been invested in target-date funds during the last five to 10 years. He said the UK market is growing too, currently at about $100 billion. "These [lifecycle funds] have really taken off in the US particularly after ...

Pubs satisfying BlackRock income thirst

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... and legislative change. We think those are very good assets at the moment." The company is generally bearish on the UK market and is shorting UK government debt via futures contracts. "The gilt market is owned by basically three roots of investors and ...

Europe and Japan becoming preferred equity markets

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
Both Credit Suisse and Standard Life Investments have updated their global outlooks for 2015, highlighting a growing preference for Japanese and European equities. These markets have benefited from recovery after weak growth in 2014; profits growth ...

Invesco launches multi-asset targeted return fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... global equities over the same rolling, three-year period. The Fund, which has gained traction with advisers in its home UK market, is available to both retail and institutional investors. "By breaking the shackles of traditional asset class constraints ...