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Australian Unity expands investment team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... Australian Unity and has more than $12.1 billion in funds under management covering domestic and international equities, fixed interest, mortgages and property.

Retail investors buy hybrids despite dangers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... hybrids are only attractive in rare instances," he added. Superficially, hybrids look like attractive alternatives to fixed interest type products including term deposits, he said because the equity risk is often ignored even when spelt out in disclosure ...

Dangers of hybrid securities unrecognised: Adviser

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... in these products." In terms of determining the risks of these products, he said the best way is to "open up a fixed interest account with a broker and start reading their research." "If I want to determine the risks of hybrids for my client that's how ...

AustralianSuper hires veteran economist Tierney

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... for the Macquarie Group for 12 years, during which time he was responsible for economic research for equity and fixed interest clients and commentating on major economies incorporating economic and policy factors. Previously, he worked as a Money Market ...

HNW clients give brokers the 'thumbs down'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... use traditional brokers, with the remainder electing to manage their own investments, including fund selection, fixed interest investments and equities trading. "I had expected that my adviser would have given me a bit of thinking outside the square ...

Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... "Super funds are finally beginning to see the benefits of their increased asset weightings to alternative assets, fixed interest and cash," Dunnin said. "If it wasn't for this, funds would be sitting of returns right now of -3% because of the tremendously ...

AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... market neutral managers in order to establish a data bank for funds looking to move out of Australian equities or fixed interest, Ivey said. The local funds most interested in alternatives tend to be larger ones with their own internal investment teams ...

KiwiSaver 5 years going strong

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... 42% of KiwiSaver FUM, growth options 20%, balanced options 16%, moderate options 15% and aggressive options 7%. Fixed interest and cash account for 59% of KiwiSaver FUM, of which 40% is in cash and local bonds and 19% is in international bonds. Equities ...

Investors ignoring credit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
Retail investors are ignoring the middle ground between equity and fixed interest, "bar-belling" portfolio asset allocation between the two extremes, according to a paper released by boutique global credit manager, Bentham Asset Management. "I am quite ...

Climate change already an insurance risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... holdings, because according to the regulator APRA, at end March 2012 they held $43bn in assets, 76% of which was in fixed interest securities. The irony is insurers will be doing this at the same time the asset class is becoming more favoured by the ...