Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 451 - 460 of 477 results for "Mainstream"

Plan For Life the latest researcher to launch web-based comparisons

Plan For Life, the actuarial and research house, is the latest research group to roll out a web-based super fund comparison tool for dealer groups. Simon Solomon, managing director of Plan For Life said the online tool will track not just fees but the ...

Gates wide open for fee-for-service: MLC

... competitive advantage," he added. The MLC move reinforces a dramatic shift to fee for service, which is now becoming mainstream for most planning groups.

Lower risks from hedge fund strategies causing a rethink

... risk story behind global hedge funds that is emerging as the real driver behind the sector as it gains acceptance as a mainstream asset class by more traditional investors, particularly with alternative strategies tipped to reach 20 per cent over the ...

Agribusiness commissions "too high"

... investors, a cost to the managers of these investments and are essentially holding the industry back from maturing into a mainstream asset class," said the group's executive manager Tim Lee. He added that these could also have the potential to impact ...

New survey debunks age-old investor behaviour views

... investments. "When we're talking about riskier assets, we're not talking about the casino. We're talking about fairly mainstream types of investment," he said. "And when you're expecting to live a long time, then you're better off investing in growth ...

Alternative investing steadily going mainstream: JANA

... conference this week that 'alternative thinking' and 'alternative investments' are fast becoming an essential part of mainstream investing. "Increasingly, alternative investments are not at the edge of the landscape at all... some would argue that they ...

Use budget surplus to cut super tax: TasPlan

... case showing that a comfortable retirement is within the reach of most Australians then super is unlikely to interest mainstream Australia, and this has been confirmed by the Government's own inquiries. "Canberra recently commissioned a Parliamentary ...

WA Local Government SELECT Gottex

... fund's strength lies in its access to alternative investments, rather than relying on traditional markets, like other mainstream portfolios. "We are witnessing increasing appetite for alternative investments and portable alpha solutions by institutions ...

FOHFs get the nod from van Eyk

... "Investing directly with single hedge funds can be risky because they are less transparent and less regulated than mainstream investments and often fail because of early-stage business risks. Investing through a good quality fund of hedge fund manager ...

Mercer to screen managers against ESG

... ownership and ESG [environmental, sustainability and corporate governance] analysis. But there are a growing number of mainstream investors who believe these issues can have an impact on long-term investment performance," says Tim Gardener, global leader ...