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Hedge fund allocators pick unstable funds

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... hedge fund universe that are sitting in funds of that size. In other words: not much." If you'd plotted a chart of performance against fund size in 2008 then you see very elegantly that it declined. You lost more money, the bigger the fund," he continued. ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... index closed above 16,000 points - the first since January this year. But, but... but despite the "feel good" day performance reports, the Topix index is up a paltry 1.2% this year and the benchmark Nikkei-225 index is down 1.4% to date. Perhaps, this ...

van Eyk up for sale

ALICE URIBE, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... construction solution, underpins van Eyk's subscription-based model. iRate is a research solution with access to ratings and performance reports on over 15,000 investment products. Expressions of interest will be accepted until close of business on Tuesday ...

"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
What's in a word? Two words to be precise. Speculation that the Fed would (or would not) change these two words when it delivers its monetary policy statement on Wednesday (NY time) has focussed the minds of many an investor lately and... wet the pants ...

AXA ESG SmartBeta fund available to retail investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... risk and higher return than index investing, along with a defensive strategy with improved diversification and ESG performance - an attractive concept for long term investors." Atchison Consultants advised FIWA on its investment. Atchison general manager ...

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... typically sell losing positions before yearend, and this trend is another possible explanation for the market's poor performance during September." They're down 0.89%, 0.65% and 0.28%, respectively, over the first half of this month. So we might just ...

Throw out relative performance tables: Finsia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
The way superannuation funds measure performance should be thrown out and replaced with a system which discourages short-termism and helps consumers think about their retirement pot as an income pool, rather than a pot of gold. That is the view put ...

Netwealth brings portfolio management tool in-house

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... limits. Netwealth has also added an interface with graphical summaries of all accounts, visual references to asset performance and key information, and improved tracking of non-platform held assets. Clients that hold multiple accounts can now view an ...

Partners Group fund added to major platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... liquidity at net asset value (NAV). Using a relative value approach, the Global Value Fund it has achieved long-term out-performance of global public equity markets by 40% net of fees since inception in May 2007. It has also done so with less than half ...

Strong rise in risk market inflows

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... seen by these two companies was attributed to super fund insurance mandate movements and pricing increases. TAL's performance saw it take the top spot for market share from AIA Australia. The former now has 26% of the market versus 24.4% from AIA. Inflows ...