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Direct mandates growth solid: Towers Watson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... number of asset classes, including insurance and emerging market currency, but with the expectation of better risk-adjusted returns," Baker said. Institutional demand for global equity and bond mandates has remained high across the five-year comparison ...

Hong Kong the pick for Perennial property

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... director of Perennial Real Estate spoke about the opportunities for 2012 against the backdrop of four years of negative returns coming out of the GFC. "If you look at the history of where a lot of the global real estate managers came from, they came ...

Local Government Super adopts ESG risk tools

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... that a well-developed responsible investment strategy can both assist in generating long-term risk-controlled investment returns, while also aligning ourselves with our members' environmental and social concerns," said Peter Lambert, chief executive ...

AREIT-ASX correlation doubles post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Listed property returns have doubled their correlation with share market returns post GFC, reinforcing concerns AREITs continue to be wedged between the stock market and the strongly performing unlisted property sector, reveals new research from Rainmaker. ...

Super fund private equity inflows constant

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... providing a global outlook for the asset class. "Most people believe that global equity markets will generate single digits returns. For most managing a portfolio, your expectation is that 8% actuarial rate returns are the common target these days and ...

Record month for ETPs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... "In an era of uncertainty, the hunt for a combination of defensive resilience, income, as well as positive investment returns more generally, is especially challenging. Many Australians have migrated to bank deposits for safety," said Steve Miller, head ...

Confusion over APRA risk disclosure guidance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, is that risk should state the expected frequency of negative returns of a strategy over a guidance period, the survey of 1,200 superannuation account holders showed that mistakes in risk perception ...

AMP Capital fund secures US mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012

AllianceBernstein committed to Aus presence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... currently reviewing its businesses "with the objective of maintaining its unrelenting focus on delivering strong investment returns while also balancing resources with client assets and needs", said the firm. The resulting changes will affect AllianceBernstein ...

Australia doesn't need a SWF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... services. Illustrating the problem, argue the report's authors Robert Carling and Stephen Kirchner, is that the Future Fund's returns since its inception in 2005 have under-performed the 90-day bank bill rate. "These returns are poor compensation for ...