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Flip flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
So what else is new? Up one day, down the next. Optimism that US will jump over the cliff one day, plunge into it the next. Hopeful that Greece would get another euro cent dropped into its begging bowl one day (and from a broader perspective the euro ...

Multi-asset funds react to lack of diversification

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
Multi-asset funds are evolving to become less focused on peer relative performance and more centred on providing investors with a real return, according to a new Lonsec report. The research house says that in the face of stricter regulation and increased ...

Future Fund to buy airport assets

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
A suite of minority investments in airports in Australia and Europe has been picked up by the Future Fund under a new agreement. In a statement released today the Future Fund's board of guardians said it had agreed to buy all the assets in the Australian ...

Ex-Macq banker to head up Govt clean energy fund

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
An ex-Macquarie banker starts work today as chief executive officer of the Federal Government's renewable energy investment vehicle, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). Oliver Yates will be the first chief executive of the fledgling fund, and ...

Abernathy snubs IMF liquidity drivel

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Calls for further regulation and stricter capital requirements will unnecessarily shackle our liquid banks, says Clime Asset Management's John Abernathy. In a new report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the big four banks - Commonwealth Bank ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Protests by the Victorian branch of the CMFEU against an alleged indirect business relationship CBUS has with the Grocon building group has highlighted how - as super becomes more wired to the broader economy - funds will have to confront more intense ...

Aus PE funds on the right side of supply & demand

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Australian private equity firms are still calling the shots on fees, said the chief executive of the Australian Private Equity & venture capital association Limited (AVCAL). While it is likely that in the future Australia private equity funds will have ...

Retirees must invest in equities: State Street

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
Newly retired investors shouldn't underestimate the value of having growth assets in their portfolio, according to State Street Global Advisers (SSgA). Typically when saving for retirement investors are advisers to gradually step back their exposure ...

Beware defensive funds: Towers Watson

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
The explosion in demand for low volatility and defensive equity funds is making these assets too expensive, says Towers Watson's Stephen Miles. The group's global head of equities says the substantial increase in the number of defensive equity products ...

Advisers must change mindset in face of FoFA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
The biggest challenge for financial planners in the face of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms is to change their mindset from one of selling products to that of providing a quality service for consumers, according to MyAdivser's Philippa ...