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Pre-retirees won't meet goals without equities

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Investors approaching retirement will be unlikely to meet their income needs without a reasonable allocation to equities, according to investment professionals. Traditionally, investors approaching retirement have been advised to reduce their equity ...

SSgA launches ETF portfolio for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... merchandise imports figures, while the National Australia Bank's business survey for the September quarter is due out. In equities news, Woodside Petroleum is expected to post third quarter reports, Fortescue Metals Group is due to release its first ...

Praemium to host 5 more BetaShares ETFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
The Praemium SMA platform has agreed to include five more BetaShares exchange traded funds that focus on domestic equities strategies, currencies and commodities. The new inclusions take to 10 the number of BetaShares ETFs the Praemium SMA will host. ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... data compiled by Bloomberg show. Bank of America Corp.'s Market Risk Index that uses options to forecast fluctuations in equities, currencies and bonds reached minus 0.74 last week, the lowest since May 21." A fact confirmed by our "fear gauge". The ...

Super in-house investment no threat to fund managers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... that big funds are not really incentivised to bring all investment in-house. "Let's say a big fund takes 100% of Aussie equities in-house. What happens in five years if you're the CEO? Three outcomes: one, they've done very poorly and you're going to ...

Boutiques no longer have performance edge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... over five years while the market grew just 3% pa boutiques grew 11% pa. Half of boutique FUM is invested into Australian equities, 20% into international equities, 7% into property, 10% into bonds, 4% into cash and 8% into alternatives. While their Australian ...

NZ Super awards 4 mandates to Northern Trust

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
New Zealand Superannuation Fund appoints Northern Trust to new passive global equities mandates. The NZ$23 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund has appointed Northern Trust's asset management arm, a leading global provider of index, active and multi-manager ...

DEXUS, Canada bid for Commonwealth Prop Fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... office. CPPIB currently has C$5.8 billion invested in Australian assets, including real estate, infrastructure, public equities and private equity at June 30, 2013. Three fifths of that is invested in real estate. If the deal goes through, DEXUS and ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft is scheduled to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch, in Sydney. In equities news, the OzForex Group lists on Australian Securities Exchange. In Australia, the market on Thursday fell with commodity ...