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Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... strengthens...and the equity and bond markets are able to live with this truism. Despite the daily ups and downs, US equities appear to be taking this on their stride. And why not? With a stronger growth and less QE, investors simply switch from defensive ...

Investment in alternative assets on the rise globally

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... investments such as private equity, infrastructure and direct real estate," he said. "A rotation out of bonds and into equities has not been widely adopted among global institutional investors. Rather we see them moving out of cash and into both bond ...

William Blair targets super fund investors with 'game theory'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... opportunity to buy." The strategy is purely top-down and employs no stock selection filters. It is free to invest in equities, bonds, alternatives and currencies from a universe of more than 100 different markets. Super funds can access to Singer's investment ...

Morphic global equities fund reaches $25m

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
The Morphic Asset Management Australian Global Equities Fund has gone from $5 million in assets under management to more than $25 million since inception in August, 2012. The fund achieved returns of 2.8% in April, 2013, but it underperformed the MSCI ...

Platinum remains bullish on Japan

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... is similar to the return of the S&P/ASX300 Accumulation of 22.7%. Despite this, Platinum remains bullish on Japanese equities, particularly as QE is still well in progress. "When they stopped QE in the States, nothing is clear because it depends why ...

Pressure on benchmark affects managers performance: Cuffe

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... Link and said that it can take at least three years for "good managers to do good work." Managers who invest in global equities specially feel the pressure and this is one of the reasons why often they can't offer immediate returns, which drives investors ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... Committee's May minutes suggested the move had already been considered. No major economic news is expected on Friday. In equities news, InvoCare has its annual general meeting scheduled. In Australia, the market on Thursday suffered its biggest one-day ...

Tides to turn for Platinum: Neilson

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... noting that the funds are measured against absolute returns and are benchmark-agnostic. Compared to other international equities funds, their funds placed top quartile or near top quartile over these three period sets, noted Rainmaker. The flagship fund ...

Bendigo Wealth launches new low-risk income fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... considering bonds, and term deposit returns are lower than they'd like - but they're not yet ready to venture back into the equities market either," he continued. "The Income Fund is a stepping stone between investment classes such as bonds, term deposits ...

Planner and investor concern hits three-year low

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... wave of investment into managed funds, according to a new survey from Investment Trends. The March 2013 Planner Direct Equities and SMA Report shows planner and investor concern levels fell to their lowest point for over three years in February. Investment ...