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Older Australians delaying retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... "Retirees who moved into safe investments to protect their capital like term deposits are now are dealing with diminished returns from falling interest rates." The report also found that 40% of people suffering major financial losses took no action and ...

More SMSF trustees go it alone

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... crisis," said Robin Bowerman, Vanguard's head of corporate affairs and market development. "Higher volatility and lower returns have focused investors on the things they can control within their investment portfolio," said Bowerman. Within the core sample ...

Cost pressures spark Vanguard fee cuts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... asset classes," said Laidlaw. "In bear markets, investors unfortunately see the compounding effect of higher fees, when returns are in single digit or negative territory," said Robin Bowerman, Vanguard's head of corporate affairs and market development. ...

Sequencing risk impacts super savings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... should maintain an allocation in equities, despite the ongoing volatility, and instead find ways to generate consistent returns from this asset class while at the same time lowering 'downside risk' - the risk of an investment losing value if market conditions ...

Investors turn to dynamic asset allocation

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... realistic to implement. "It's like a lost art that was forgotten, and it's important. Markets don't always give you mid-teen returns for long periods of time; most markets are just single digit returns with a lot of volatility. "If you're going to try ...

BlackRock appoints head of alternatives

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... "Demand from our clients for alternative investments is increasing as they seek to capture opportunities that maximise returns." Joseph Pacini, head of BlackRock's alternatives business in Asia excluding Japan, will lead the Australian alternatives business ...

Advisers ready to move clients back to equities

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... changes to their client's portfolios was largely reliant on both their clients and their own outlook for future market returns, said Zurich. The majority of advisers' surveyed (89%) expect the Australian share market to provide positive, single-digit ...

New ETF labels need global consistency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... Street is supporting requirements for all managed investment vehicles to clearly articulate the assets invested in, and how returns are generated in the name of transparency.

Ponzi scheme operators plead guilty

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... charges of making false statements to investors. Both men falsely stated to investors that their investments would earn returns of 4% per month and that the capital amounts of their investments were guaranteed, said ASIC. A third man, Con Koutsoukos ...

Super FUM up 3.6pc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... hemorrhage as they contracted 10% through the year. The upbeat FUM growth results for superannuation despite lacklustre returns that are expected to come in at negative in real terms for the financial year result in SMSFs and retail funds now tying for ...