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Adapt clients to slower global growth: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... need to think about ways to adapt client portfolios to a changing and different world," he said. Fisher explained that returns on all asset classes are likely to be lower in the coming years, a trend that the investment manager calls "the new normal." ...

Praemium to host 5 more BetaShares ETFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... Equity Yield Maximiser Fund. Vynokur said, "The High Interest Cash ETF is very popular amongst advisers looking to improve returns on client's cash holdings. Many clients are receiving rates at or around the RBA rate for cash balances and advisers are ...

Boutiques no longer have performance edge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... have learned how to corral boutiques into their own multi-manager funds or contain them in their distribution networks. "Returns from boutiques and big brand funds are now effectively indistinguishable," said the researcher. They said boutiques have ...

DEXUS, Canada bid for Commonwealth Prop Fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... CPA Unitholders and DEXUS Security holders. The Proposal aligns with our strategy of delivering superior risk adjusted returns for investors from high quality Australian real estate, primarily comprising CBD office buildings." DEXUS already manages $7.8 ...

Catastrophe bonds offer answer to asset correlation problem

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) offer investors returns completely uncorrelated to traditional assets, but so far, Australian investors have been slow to pick up on sector, which is tipped for strong growth in the coming years. Insurance-linked securities ...

IFM announces new private equity program

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... leveraging the considerable experience and capability that resides within these teams and enable an increased focus on investor returns and direct investments." Phillip Bower, who has been head of Private Assets at IFM since January of this year, will ...

LGS enhances ESG credentials with Green Bond purchase

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... decision to invest in the EBRD bond reflects our longstanding view that investing sustainably is the key to delivering returns to our members over horizons in the order of 40 years or more." LGS is building a reputation as one of the leading ESG investors ...

ANU fund adopts ethical investment guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... Evans said that regardless of this initiative the fund will still need to invest only in things that maximise investment returns. This reflects the fund's investment objective which according to its annual report is to deliver a " minimum return to the ...

US real estate business launches strategy in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... approach selects the companies poised to benefit and is underpinned by a process developed over a decade to deliver strong returns for our clients," Snowden said. RRE is a wholly owned subsidiary of Resource America, a NASDAQ listed investment management ...

Cognitive function, consumption biggest SMSF risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... retiree lifestyle choices have potentially much bigger impacts on how long their retirement income lasts than do investment returns or their capital's taxation structure. Human factor research adds to this concern over the importance of non-investment ...