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Australian shares outperform all other asset classes

BEN COLLINS | WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012

... by Russell Consulting, has found growth assets including Australian shares and residential property delivered superior returns compared to more conservative asset classes such as cash and fixed income, over the 10 and 20 year periods to 31 December 2011. ...

Emerging managers add twice the alpha

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012

... perform better than established managers on almost every performance and risk measure. "Even if we assume half of the excess returns are attributable to survivor and other biases (other research has indicated they are of this sort of magnitude), the ...

Consortium buys Challenger Infrastructure Fund assets

BEN COLLINS | TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012

... provided financial advisory services for the acquisition. "We consider an investment in LBC to offer strong risk-adjusted returns and it is a good fit with the long-term infrastructure investment objectives of our pension fund clients," said Burns.

Shareholder backlash hits Macquarie MGU

MELANIE TIMBRELL | TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012

... including possibly increasing the NAV and earnings per share substantially in excess of any increased expenses and increasing returns." MGU has rejected the allegations made by Western, which has taken similar stances in connection with 36 closed-end ...

Omega partners with LGS for bond strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN | MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012

... mitigate our ESG risk exposure, and to capitalise on investment opportunities across all asset classes to achieve solid returns for our members. "The sustainable global government bond strategy is a great example of our principles in action. "We welcome ...

Advice frameworks need an overhaul

MELANIE TIMBRELL | FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012

... may end up in a fund with a goal of one negative return every six years when many funds today have had three negative returns in the past five years. "We're seeing the backlash against that now," Matterson said. "So, you eventually start saying, let's ...

Treasury Group commits to Evergreen

LINDA HAUSKEN | WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012

... when Evergreen was appointed to assume management responsibility for the Ascot Fund. "Evergreen has generated enviable returns for investors across the volatile equity market conditions that we've seen over the past few years," said Andrew McGill, chief ...

MLC expands Horizon portfolios

BEN COLLINS | WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012

... Horizon 2 to MLC Horizon 7. MLC said the latest change to the MLC Horizon Series is aimed at delivering more resilient returns from global shares. "In April, we announced two new strategies for these portfolios - a multi-asset real return strategy and ...

Barings launches Asia dynamic asset allocation fund

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012

... senior executive appointments into the region. The Asia Dynamic Asset Allocation fund will aim to achieve Asian equity-like returns over the long-term but with lower volatility than is normal for Asian equities. Barings said they would achieve this by ...

Private markets providing solid returns

LINDA HAUSKEN | TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012

Institutional portfolios with an allocation to private markets can achieve better risk-adjusted returns in the long term than portfolios invested exclusively in a traditional mix of public stock and bonds, according to new research by Towers Watson. ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA | 12:22PM

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:16PM

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI | 11:35AM

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI | 11:31AM

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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