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ISA urges government to keep super safety net

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... executive David Whiteley. "The FWC process puts competitive pressure on the super industry to deliver strong investment returns, provides a safety net for employees' retirement savings and cuts red tape for employers."

Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... Miller also believes the Aussie dollar will fall to 70 US cents by December. "When interest rates are at a low level, cash returns sink. Not many years ago you would have bought Aussie bonds. But today yield is much lower," Gartside said. "Clients everywhere ...

Hedge funds bare all to seduce instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... fresh. "There is a lot of interest in the alternatives space, particularly from institutional investors that need to find returns uncorrelated to other asset classes," AQR Capital Management head of institutional business in Australasia Jeff Dunn said. ...

Super funds too small for activism

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... activism." But the paper noted that, with strong inflows into superannuation over the next decade and solid investment returns, "it should not be too long before the large superannuation funds reach the size of the big North American funds, potentially ...

Standard Life absolute return bond fund added to platform

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... Standard Life Investments available to wholesale investors, following strong demand for the fund manager's Global Absolute Returns Strategies (GARS) Australian Trust. "Diversified absolute return strategies such as ARGBS are helping Australian investors ...

FEATURE: How boutiques got their groove back

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... seems to confirm boutiques have gotten their mojo back and justified their strong reputation: they've achieved excess returns of 1% or over relative to segment averages across the one, three, and five-year periods to 31 December 2014. Furthermore, boutiques ...

Investors plan to up active allocation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... an increasing realisation from investors that an amount of risk in the portfolio is healthy and necessary to increase returns. "The survey data indicates that investors are increasingly turning to active management over a generalist approach to address ...

Future Generation fund adds more big names

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... founder and director Geoff Wilson said: "Our innovative approach to wealth creation proves both shareholder and social returns can be achieved simultaneously. Our new board appointments will continue to drive this approach." FGX announced in February ...

Blue Sky to raise $20m for alternatives fund

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... growing asset class in Australia. The market is starting to understand the benefits of diversification and the increased returns an allocation to alternatives can bring to a portfolio," he said. "We are getting very positive feedback from the financial ...

Sovereign wealth funds growing despite falling commodity prices

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... on oil and commodities for funding. Instead, institutions have turned to funding from governments, reserves, investment returns and alternative assets - 70% of funds surveyed invested in at least one alternative asset class, most commonly real estate ...