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Misaligned expectations advisers' biggest threat

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... between the Natixis Individual Investor Survey and Global Survey of Financial Advisers found that investor return expectations can be as high as double what advisers see as realistic. The data revealed that individual investors expect returns of 9.5% ...

Millennials' short-term thinking unrealistic

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... inflation are what is most important to investors. However, investors' short-term outlook and unrealistically high return expectations raise concerns that investors could be left disappointed." "We encourage investors to think long term when investing ...

Equities out, alternatives in for pension funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... up investment in alternatives for alpha. "With now several years of buoyant equity markets, forward-looking return expectations in equities have been lowered while volatility expectations remain elevated, prompting Large Pension Funds (LPFs) to lower ...

Instos turn to smart beta in low-return world: SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... Bridges report, based on a survey of 400 global institutional investors. In order to meet their relatively high return expectations - on average, respondents were looking for a five-years-plus return of 10.9% - low interest is forcing these investors ...

VicSuper awards $100m corporate bonds mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... becoming increasingly difficult. "When investment markets experience increasing levels of volatility, investor return expectations are being challenged."

UK govt tempts super funds with real estate projects

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... ($87 billion) is "shovel-ready." The projects themselves suit a range of investors with different horizons, return expectations and attitudes to risk and include projects both in London and in regional centres. Specifically they include the construction ...

Instos doing little to protect portfolios

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... US. SSGA said the results highlight the contradictions faced by investors, who are under pressure to meet return expectations and funding commitments but face a lack of attractive alternatives in other low-yielding asset classes. The research shows a ...

New Vanguard modelling tool picks global equities to win

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... inflation, yield curves, foreign exchange rates and volatility. The outputs of the VCMM deliver reasonable return expectations for the major asset classes, with forecasts presented as projected 10 year annualised returns. "On present modelling, over ...

Insurers upping risk to combat low yields

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... to cash, short-term instruments, and government and agency debt, for which they have the lowest near-term return expectations. More than 20% of the CIOs surveyed indicated that deflation is a risk in the next year, double the percentage for 2013. Inflation ...

Equity-like bonds most attractive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... opportunities for 2014, according to Brandywine. The prospect of rising interest rates globally has lowered investors return expectations within the asset class. However, Regina Borromeo, manager of the Legg Mason Income Optimiser Fund, believes positive ...