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Asset allocation is over, investors chase returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Institutional investors' traditional emphasis on asset allocation has given way to a focus on returns, which has led to the "bondification" of equities, a global report found. The 2015 CREATE-Research report commissioned by Principal Global Investors ...

Infrastructure returns beat equities, bonds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Global infrastructure returns outperformed bonds and equities in the year to Q1 2015. This is based on MSCI's Global Quarterly Infrastructure Asset Index, which shows global infrastructure returned 18.1%. This compares favourably to MSCI's global indices ...

Investors pretending there's value in the market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... relative performance, because the main risk is missing out on a final rally, or focus on how to maximise absolute total returns on a three- to five-year view, because the main risk is permanent destruction of capital caused by a market-wide de-rating. ...

Fund manager fees too high: David Neal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... trumped any potential cost-saving from internal management. Turning to current market conditions, Neal said that forward returns were likely to be much lower than normal, leading to a dilemma for investors. "I suspect that many funds may currently have ...

La Trobe pooled mortgage fund rated by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... report, Zenith Analyst Dugald Higgins said: "The PMO's performance over the longer term has been robust, showing solid returns over the fund's benchmark of the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bil Index +1.5%pa. One key consideration in assessing the La Trobe ...

Australia's "irrational exuberance" an economic risk: PIMCO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... households are exhibiting "irrational exuberance" by getting into too much debt and placing little weight on unemployment or returns, which means that an external shock would be severe for the economy, PIMCO said. Household debt appears to be rising ...

China's surging funds management market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... market to be dominated by equity funds of which Asia-oriented equity funds make up about two thirds. Strong China equity returns are reinforcing this with HKFA figures showing equity funds account for 56% of retail inflows so far during 2015 compared ...

BT pays fines for misleading super statements

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... was concerned BT misled consumers by representing superannuation products issued by the company had generated greater returns than those generated by all industry super funds during the stated period. "In reality, BT's superannuation products had not ...

Super pool reducing Aussie reliance on foreign capital: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... stability and growth. Compulsory superannuation has diversified the assets Australians hold, reducing risk and increasing returns, according to the research. ASFA chief executive, Pauline Vamos, said more than two decades ago Australians' savings consisted ...

North American sovereigns hardest hit by oil crisis

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... As a result of the oil crisis, many sovereign investors are turning to alternative asset classes to facilitate better returns. In particular, many are turning to emerging market infrastructure, where sovereigns are, on average, overweight relative to ...