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The "ber" months are coming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013

SSgA launches hedged international equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... dominated Australian market. "The value of the Aussie dollar relative to other currencies, like the US dollar, has historically been very volatile and this can have a significant impact on the value of an investor's international investment," SSgA's ...

Tyndall launches fund for low-tax rate instos

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... fund but the tax status of its investors means it will use off-market share buy-backs to add value to unit holders. Historically, off-market buy-backs are not tax effective for investors paying a higher rate of tax. "We have already seen interest from ...

States could learn from Baird's infrastructure model: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... structures don't work going forward. It's obvious they're exploring new ways to invest in infrastructure," Linden said. Historically, infrastructure processes have favoured investment bank consortiums. "Only a limited number of players have traditionally ...

IOOF invests $75m in syndicated loan market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... across senior loans to Australia's most credit worthy borrowers," IOOF chief investment officer Steve Merlicek said. Historically Australia's syndicated loan market has proved inaccessible to non-bank investors due to the considerable capital required ...

End of QE sounds death knell for 'zombie' stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... demand as a result of extra liquidity in the system. Corporations in this sector have been able to issue bonds at historically low interest rates and refinance themselves on very attractive terms. Meanwhile, more troubled companies with maturing loans ...

Who will fill the SMSF education gap?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... said more and more advisers want to get in on the action, but that many find their knowledge base is insufficient. "Historically, the people who were in the industry in the early part of the last decade, they built their own knowledge and were already ...

US hedge funds abandon Europe on new regulations

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... According to the report, the potential exodus of US managers is a big concern for European pension funds, which have historically relied on the US alternative fund industry to provide diversity within their portfolios.

Advisers' Twitter usage doubles in 18 months

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... that the growth in social media is matched by corresponding growth in usage of mobile devices, especially tablets. "Historically there have been many barriers to uptake of social media, including the amount of time needed to monitor and create content ...

AllianceBernstein launches tail risk protection strategy

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... research, negative tail events have occurred more frequently in global financial markets in recent years than would historically be expected - a total of nine tail events have occurred since 1988 instead of the anticipated six. To help investors mitigate ...