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Advisers need to spell out actual retirement outcomes

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... "Planning needs to consider risk. We try to simplify planning so that we talk about average life expectancy, average market returns, and then we extrapolate it out, but when you look at market risk and longevity risk you can get very different results. ...

Investor sentiment shifting overseas

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
Deflation, rising debt and dampening economic outlooks that are limiting returns expectations are forcing investors to pursue more positive opportunities overseas rather than invest in Australia. Australia is becoming less attractive because even though ...

Risk not the endgame

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... relationship between risk and return and how risk is not the endgame". "Taking on more risk is not a guarantee for higher returns, in fact the opposite is almost certain to be true. Taking on more risk just means taking on more risk," he explained in ...

Advisers add 3% returns for clients: Vanguard

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Australian financial advisers can add about 3% in net returns for their clients by focusing on key wealth management topics such as asset allocation, behavioural coaching and cost-effective implementation. Vanguard's research uses data to examine six ...

Managed accounts work for insto investors too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... did when such tasks were the responsibility of their external asset consultants. Another driver is that non-correlated returns from alternative investments becoming harder to achieve means institutional investors need to better understand where they ...

MLC fund is Roy Morgan retail super fund of the year

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... MLC's main corporate super provider. "This award is testament to our commitment to delivering outstanding service and returns, and putting our members at the centre of everything we do," MLC executive general manager of corporate and institutional wealth ...

Law firm deems SIV changes unworkable

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... unlikely to create a VC 'honey pot'. Chinese investors tend to see Australia as a destination for low risk, relatively stable returns, rather than speculation, Chen said. "If we look at it from the Chinese investor's point of view, the difference in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... civil court. In Australia, the market on Friday rallied to a six-week year high due to Rio Tinto's massive shareholder returns, rising oil prices and optimism from a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 133.9 points ...

Focus on yield is distorting asset prices: PM Capital

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... He said that investing off-shore is a way to mitigate that risk and added that while local shares have provided better returns than US shares over the last 10 to 15 years, "the S&P500 (US sharemarket index) has outperformed the All Ordinaries (Australian ...

Nikko launches absolute return fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... which ensures a clear focus on identifying those securities only that can bring the best value to the Fund and maximise returns for investors," Mann said. "The launch of the Nikko AM absolute return fund represents a significant expansion of our capabilities ...