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The year of balanced funds and fixed income: report

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... environment, these non-traditional offerings have been attracting interest from investors seeking absolute and/or uncorrelated returns," the report says. The report also found that investors withdrew over $5.33 billion from the Australian managed funds ...

Advisers open to double allocation to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... Aussie equities, championing the investment potential of 'thoroughbreds' in the domestic market - companies with high returns and the ability to reinvest. The fund manager also talked of the need for income in a low growth world and had advisers convinced ...

SSgA launches global equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... access which markets they think managers can consistently add alpha," he said. "When you consider that most investment returns come from asset allocation, ETFs are a great way of getting investors' core exposure to a region, perhaps with some high conviction ...

Hedge fund inflows set to double

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... US$33 billion in 2012. However, with equity markets generally still unable to put together a lengthy period of strong returns and many commentators predicting an imminent bursting of the bond bubble, Korinke says institutional investors are looking to ...

Investors overlook US recovery

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... Investment Management's Robert Manning, who believes the success of the world's largest economy will drive stock market returns globally. Manning, who is chairman and chief executive at the funds management business, said that while risk-averse investors ...

ICI chief blasts US transaction tax legislation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... that will cost investors dearly. "A financial transaction tax is bad policy that substantially reduces the investment returns of fund investors and retirement savers," he said. Schott Stevens made his comments in response to the financial transaction ...

Dividend stocks ideal for SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... equities to keep up with an inflation rate of 2.5% over 20 years. "Over a 15 year timeframe, dividend yield has outperformed returns from share price, and Australia's tax structure makes dividends doubly attractive for retirees as dividend franking can ...

Strong returns help UniSuper stave off benefit review

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Recovering capital markets boosting UniSuper's investment returns have helped to lift the solvency funding ratios of the fund's defined benefit division - enough for the trustee to defer a decision on reviewing member benefits. While the trustee is ...

NGS Super lists portfolio holdings

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... said the move will provide greater transparency about the holdings of each investment option and the split of investment returns between growth and income. "For each of our 12 investment options, NGS Super members can also see the top holdings for each ...

Homegrown manager bags global award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... per cent per year with 6.8 per cent volatility and low correlation with equity markets. It has also generated positive returns in 77 per cent of months. The fund invests in events such as mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations, capital management ...