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Consumers overwhelmingly positive about super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... both Brogden and ING Direct chief executive Vaughn Richtor said a great deal of the positive sentiment came from the high returns of the last two years, and that that could not be expected to last. On the negative side, however, 65% said there were too ...

Hold fire: Emerging market debt set for correction

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... going to be capital losses in emerging market debt portfolios large enough over the next 12 months to negate any positive returns over the last 12 months. "After this the indices are going to be at much higher yields overall and the risk-reward prospects ...

AustralianSuper names new deputy chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... forward to working with Ian Silk, Heather Ridout and the rest of the Australian Super team to continue delivering high returns to members and promoting the benefits of not-for-profit industrial superannuation funds to all Australian workers."

Demand for alternatives sees Blue Sky profits rise

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... self-managed super, private wealth, retail and wholesale client segments. "We have worked hard to deliver strong investor returns in our underlying funds over a significant period of time, and this persistence is being rewarded with increased investor ...

EQT adds Dundas Global Equity to mFund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... objective is to invest in stocks with high real book value growth and growing dividend income to generate greater compound returns with lower volatility. The fund aims to deliver rolling five-year returns in excess of 2.5% of the capital return of the ...

Centrepoint Alliance returns to growth

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Centrepoint has seen its profits climb back into positive territory in the full year to 30 June reporting an after tax profit of $3.3 million, up from a loss of $7.8 million in 2013. Underlying profit before tax increased 43% to $8.3m. The company has ...

A quarter of global instos plan to grow alternatives investment teams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... investments in alternative assets at the moment. Although hedge funds have not had the best start to 2014 in terms of returns, all four main alternative asset classes are generating solid performance figures over longer investment horizons, and as a ...

Multi-asset emerging market approach halves volatility

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... Budden says a focus on managing volatility and preserving capital within a holistic portfolio can improve the trajectory of returns. Capital Group's Emerging Markets Total Opportunities (ETOP) strategy is designed with this approach in mind. It has a ...

Invesco launches new fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... can be considered a defensive portfolio. Senior secured bank loans offer investors a range of benefits including stable returns with a floating income stream, priority repayment in the event of default, a high level of transparency, low correlation with ...

Perennial Aussie equities fund receives Zenith rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... derivatives and cash to dynamically protect the portfolio through market cycles, reducing the magnitude of significant negative returns as they occur. "The stark reality we all faced during the GFC was that a 50% fall in our share values required a 100% ...