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Smarter Money Investments added to BT Wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... to its average peer in the Morningstar short-term fixed-interest universe, which returned 3.2%. The volatility of its returns has been low at less than 0.65% per annum with a Sharpe Ratio of 4.3. SMI's active cash strategy is also available on Macquarie ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Low inflation, low returns and high volatility are set to be the new normal in 2015. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed the trend when it downgraded its growth forecast for the global economy from 3.8% for 2015 in October to a lower 3.5% ...

WAM Research investment portfolio outperforms index by 10.1%

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... to provide investors with a diversified portfolio of undervalued growth companies while delivering strong risk-adjusted returns. The Company is committed to delivering a stream of rising fully franked dividends and the investment portfolio's positive ...

Multi asset and income in favour: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... both fixed income and equities, increased interested in alternatives and clients' recognition of lower forward-looking returns. "Considering that growth is likely to remain measured and that therefore policy rates are likely to remain low, market returns ...

Hedge funds were top alternatives performers in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... 2014, despite their underwhelming performance during the past year, a Preqin report found. In 2014, hedge funds posted returns of 3.78%, which represents the lowest average returns since 2011. In 2013, for example, average returns were 12.25%, according ...

AMCIL suffers short-term performance dip

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... full advantage of the franking credits generated from the Company's investment activities, including realised gains, the returns are 11.1% per annum for AMCIL and 8.4% for the Index," the result announcement said. The company has added investments in ...

Instos turn increasingly to real assets

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
Institutional investors are increasingly turning to real assets to increase investment returns and manage macro-environment risks, but would rethink allocations if interest rates rose significantly, according to a new survey from BlackRock. The survey ...

Investors will need to be patient in 2015: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... stands out at the moment. Having said that, we're happy with what we own and expect to be able to achieve satisfactory returns," Moore said. "The oil price coming down, in theory, should be a positive because it puts more money in the pockets mature ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... January investment outlook: "The good times are over" and that, by the end of 2015 "there will be minus signs in front of returns for many asset classes." The World Bank cut its global growth outlook to 3.0% this year - revised from 3.2% in October ...

Fossil fuel divestment gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... that outlined by the ANU Vice Chancellor in October last year when he wrote in a nationally published opinion piece: "The returns on these investments fund scholarships, staff salaries, research projects and new infrastructure. In many cases the funds ...