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Sovereign wealth funds ramp up alternatives exposure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
Sovereign wealth funds are increasingly investing new allocations to alternative asset classes, figures from the second annual Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study show. The study was conducted amongst more than 50 individual sovereign investors ...

Australian investors optimistic of hitting financial goals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
An 'overwhelming majority' of Australian investors are optimistic about reaching their financial goals, according to the Franklin Templeton Global Investor Sentiment Survey conducted earlier this year. Australian investors expect their average annual ...

SMSFs eye offshore assets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors have signaled much stronger appetite for investing offshore compared to their non-self-managed counterparts. According to the latest Certitude Global Investing Intentions Index (CGIII) report, 50% of SMSF investors ...

Half of infrastructure investors unhappy with fee structures

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
Half of all investors in infrastructure remain unconvinced that their fund managers' interests are aligned with their own, according to new research by alternatives research and data provider Preqin. Research released in the November edition of the ...

Insto investors want better marketing material

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
When being presented with marketing material from investment managers, institutional investors suffer the same poor standard of fund information as retail investors, reveals new research from specialist alternative investment researcher Preqin. Top ...

Institutional investors to lift infra assets

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
Pleased with the performance their infrastructure assets have produced over the last 12 months, two thirds of institutional investors are planning to further increase their exposure to the sector, according to recent research from alternatives specialist ...

Appetite for overseas assets continues to grow

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
An increasing number of Australian investors are planning to make investments in overseas assets over the next three months, partly driven by a surprise lift in appetite for fixed income investments, according to the latest Certitude Global Investor ...

Managed funds survive ETF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
The rise of the exchange-traded funds (ETF) industry does not come at the expense of traditional managed funds, a recent Beta Shares and Investment Trends report found. The research showed that 56% of the investors surveyed made incremental investments ...

Planners ignore EMs when advising clients

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
Most financial planners have never mentioned emerging markets to their clients, said a Goldman Sachs Asset Management Survey. Of the more than 1000 "active" investors surveyed, 83% said that their financial planner had never mentioned investing in countries ...

Direct investors prefer scaled advice

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Almost 60% of direct investors are interested in scaled advice, with the majority of those preferring to receive that advice from a financial adviser rather than their super fund. These were among the findings of CoreData survey results released today ...