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Alternatives need new thinking: QIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... many investors have been trying to "have their cake and eat it too" by attempting to use alternatives to chase higher returns and gain diversification in down markets, according to one manager. "The more you're going for those juicy returns, the less ...

Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... weightings to alternative assets, fixed interest and cash," Dunnin said. "If it wasn't for this, funds would be sitting of returns right now of -3% because of the tremendously strong relationship (correlation 96%) between Australian share market returns ...

AusSuper introduces new member risk framework

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... investment option expects a negative return. AustralianSuper will instead now provide members with projected ranges of returns on each of their investment options over different time frames. Members will also receive a three-part risk label for each ...

Heritage Bank launches online RSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... bank accounts when doing online banking. Customers can also make contributions electronically and check their balance, returns and deposits online, with Financial Synergy providing the back office support. "With the help of Financial Synergy, our new ...

Pengana delivers AEq returns out of the market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... opportunities arise gives the fund a tactical advantage, said Kessler. "[It] has been instrumental in our ability to generate returns." The result, he explained, is the fund has made money for investors every year since inception including the very difficult ...

Pengana AEq fund added to BT Wrap

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... director of distribution of Pengana Capital said he is delighted that an Australian equities fund that focuses on absolute returns has been added on the platform for advisers and their clients. "The interest and take-up of absolute return funds has increased ...

AGEST bungle isolated: BNP Paribas

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
French investment bank BNP Paribas has said that the miscalculation of AGEST Super returns reported yesterday was an isolated incident. AGEST Super recently wrote to affected members advising them that they have either been under or over paid - after ...

AGEST bungles returns

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... to some members advising them that they have either been under or over paid - after custodian BNP Paribas miscalculated returns. The mistake will cause approximately 5000 balances being revised down and 18,000 revised up. "We have debited some members ...

Babson Capital gaining traction

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... Asia-Pacific fund. "As a house we see very good relative value in the region. Out here we generate what we believe are good returns for the risk profile that we are taking, and there is very little institutional penetration in the market out here," said ...

AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... wholesale consideration for alternatives," Ivey said. "So those hedge funds which can produce positive alpha with low vol returns will capture the interest of quasi fixed interest investors that don't want to get caught when the yield curve changes." ...