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Low risk choice poses high risk on savings: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... going to keep their super invested in their retirement, a 'low risk', that is a low volatility option, may be part of a sound investment strategy, but for a 25-year-old who has another 40 years of saving ahead of them, choosing this option could be disastrous," ...

Smart beta ETF take-up to double in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
UBS Global Asset Management expects the popularity of 'smart beta' exchange traded funds (ETFs) to double by the end of the year. According to UBS, SMSF trustees' and financial advisers' rising acceptance of these types of products is fuelling rapid ...

QE paradox in reverse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
Ouch! No, that's not the sound of the equity markets hurting from the sell-off of yesterday. It's yours and truly, kicking myself on the backside for not correctly pinpointing the catalyst to the correction that I've been warning about in recent days. ...

Puke on the punchbowl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... develop in a way that would result in significantly greater drag on economic growth than in their baseline outlook." Do these sound like they're withdrawing policy accommodation soon?

Industrial property funds draw SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... and in the industry are still experiencing growth and that translates into a need for more space. "The fundamentals are sound in the property market because they are sound in the economy too."

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... And oh, we still have to hear from Europe. Apart from murmurs of a currency war (more on this later), all we hear is the sound of silence with regards to its sovereign debt crisis. Hope it remains that way so Europe too could concentrate their effort ...

Mergers likely for Media Super

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
Sounding out possible mergers with corporate superannuation funds used by media and publishing companies will be a focus for Media Super's incoming chief executive. Yesterday the $3 billion industry fund for the media and publishing sectors announced ...

Regal Long Short Aust EF 'highly recommended'

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... Lonsec peer group. Lonsec added that Regal - due to a track-record of closing another fund at capacity - had demonstrated a sound awareness of investor priority. Lonsec also maintains that the Manager's focus is on delivering performance outcomes for ...

In-house investment management risky

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
While developing an internal investment team sounds like an easy way to save fees, it's a complex governance switch that funds must understand and carefully plan. "When you bring investments in-house you turn manager 'agency risk' into a HR (human resource) ...

Giving thanks to thanksgiving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
Perhaps it's the drunken reverie that comes after stuffing too much stuffed turkey laced with cranberry sauce and downed with a bottle (or four) of cold Budweisers that turned Wall Street's mood into one of optimism last week. The S&P 500 index ended ...