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Only 7% of fund members switched options during GFC: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... the media and public backlash against superannuation during the economic fallout that caused a major collapse in fund returns, it reinforces previous academic research that found age and income to the most important indicators that a fund member is likely ...

Shortage of reliable Aussie income products

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
Australian income investors are receiving annual returns almost 3% lower than anticipated from their income generating products, according to a new global survey from Legg Mason Global Asset Management. The findings come from a survey of more than 3,000 ...

Model portfolios vulnerable to avoidable risks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... that using too many active fund managers in a portfolio can be expensive, dilute performance and result in index-like returns. Many portfolios also had an unintended bias towards particular market sectors or a certain investment style. "The results show ...

Hedge fund fees under pressure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Hedge funds globally have been forced to lower their fees as returns have failed to meet investors' expectations, says PIMCO executive vice president Ryan Korinke. Hedge fund fees tend to be the most expensive of all active managed options available ...

Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... being in cash is an even riskier proposition at this precise moment in time because of its negative inflation-adjusted returns and using as lead "The Daily Telegraph's" story about how a Shanghai migrant worker saved 7200 yuan (US$1,153) for about 10 ...

Standard Life Inv advises caution on Japan

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... improving Japanese economy, Standard Life Investments says there will need to be further policy action from the government if returns are to be sustained. Seen as something of a damp squib within the investment community, the world's third largest economy ...

Healthcare property outperforms residential

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Healthcare property returns have beaten all the other property sectors by 1.6% last year, data shows. Strong income returns have allowed the healthcare property sector to outperform all other properties on a one, three and five year basis, according ...

Quantum makes T1 bonds available to retail investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... $10,000. Both products were launched on September 2012 and they have been researched by the Independent Investment Research. Returns range from 7% to 9% but Gribble expects returns to reach more than 10% per annum. The Sydney-based fund manager focuses ...

Fund house publishes full holdings online

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... yield and net debt-to-equity ratios. And the policy has not distracted the fund manager from its main job - delivering returns to investors. The Bedlam Emerging Markets fund, which has been held on Perpetual's multi-manager product since October 2005 ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... hit new highs but its 10.3% gain this year to date and 18.3% increase since 2012 is outmatched by Ireland's ISEQ index's returns of 13.6% and 33.0% over the comparable periods. Investors are flocking to that country on the left of the United Kingdom ...