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Market volatility making boomers nervous

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... are no longer confident in their investments, with portfolio management approaches that could provide more consistent returns being of high interest to respondents. "Our survey shows there is rising interest in exploring newer investment approaches that ...

Certitude eyes liquidity boost

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... 2011. Redemption restrictions had originally been imposed in December 2008 due to the level of the fund's risk-adjusted returns. Lighthouse Investment Partners manages the underlying fund for DIF, which will now be able to offer full liquidity to investors. ...

CBA funds get small Q1 lift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... quarter and its Retail Life insurance premiums also experienced growth. The bank reported that strong investment market returns had driven its funds under administration up to $199 billion as of March 31 2011. There were significant outflows during the ...

Vanguard varies approach to Australian equities

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... Property Securities Index ETF (VAP) and the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS). VAP seeks to closely track the returns of the S&P/ASX 300 A-REIT Index, while VAS tracks the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index.

Great Southern case rages on

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... yields from early tree projects and any communication within the firm in the lead up to the eventual 'topping up' of the returns to investors in these earlier schemes. Founder and former managing director of Great Southern, John Young, reportedly raised ...

Fund reaps reward in shopping centre debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... giving a loan-to-value ratio of 33.9 percent, Unisuper said. UniSuper's chief investment officer John Pearce said the returns were very good for a AAA-rated security at 180 basis points above the swap rate. "They have a very substantial margin," he said. ...

ASIC silent on possible research probe

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... consultant who cannot be named for legal reasons described the Absolute Alpha Fund as an excellent portfolio with very high returns, in a private asset report prepared for Wilson HTM. From 2000 to 2003 the consultant was on the board of Trio. In 2008 ...

Perpetual to debut global resources

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... process and analysis, and the combined 54 years' industry experience of his team, have helped them deliver consistent returns. "We invest in good management teams in companies that have conservatively geared balance sheets and with long life, low cost ...

Managers see ASX at 5500 this year

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... investment strategy and chief economist, AMP, also believes that the market is attractively valued. Oliver has estimated returns in the mid teens during the course of the year and also predicts the market will reach 5500. "Cash on Australian balance ...

Synthetic ETFs set to grow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... but these assets are then used as collateral to purchase the derivatives that will provide income streams equivalent to returns from the required asset class. Counter-party risks are contained, explained the RBA discussion paper, because the ETF's parent ...