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Fund manager warns of 'Japanification' of Europe

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... express this view by buying government bonds at the front end of the US and UK curves. "A large demand for inflation protection across global markets is going to subside, and a lot of these inflation protection strategies, whether it be investments in ...

Investors complacent of inflation risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
Investors should prepare their portfolios for rising prices now, before the price of inflation protection products soars, a senior QIC portfolio manager has warned. With global economic conditions improving, central banks are expected to start unwinding ...

Higher inflation triggered by central bank decisions

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... such as bonds or real return funds. "Some institutions are beginning to recognise the need for guaranteed inflation protection products such as inflation-linked bonds." Ardea, which manages two funds pegged to the consumer price index, expects significant ...

Hedge funds can reduce risk, despite reputation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... well-constructed portfolio of alternative investments can offer a number of benefits, including downside and inflation protection, diversification along time horizons and a low correlation to traditional market indices," he explained. "The key is to ...

Retirees warned: beware the 'great rotation'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... portfolios or by further replacing interest rate risk for credit risk. There is also a strong argument for seeking inflation protection," Hurt said. AXA IM urged fixed income investors to consider whether other assets offer greater certainty of higher ...

Pipelines the safe bet in the shale gas revolution

JAMES FERYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... are the 'boring assets' that provide you the asset characteristics of low competition, high regulation and inflation protection," Amores said. Magellan Infrastructure Fund has made its name investing in low-risk, inflation-proof, monopoly-like assets ...

Maple-Brown Abbott moves into global listed infra

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... the performance expected by investors in global listed infrastructure. "We believe if low volatility and inflation protection are important investment objectives of investors in the asset class, then we must ensure these characteristics are clearly identified ...

Future Fund to buy airport assets

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... important part of the Fund's strategy, given their strong correlation with domestic economic growth, as well as inflation protection and relatively high levels of earnings certainty," said David Neal, Future Fund chief investment officer. "Over the last ...

Future Fund to acquire AIF assets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... published asset valuations at 30 June 2012. Due to their strong correlation with Australian economic growth, inflation protection and relative high levels of earnings certainty, David Neal, Chief Investment Officer at the Future Fund said Australian ...

ILB manager Ardea launches new fund

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... global inflation is much more difficult to rein in than purely domestic inflation," he said. "In our view, inflation protection is available relatively cheaply at present and will become increasingly important for buffering portfolios from ongoing market ...