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Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... five years, if at all," Neal said. With an average member age of 33, Sicilia said he is more than happy to buy illiquid assets. As much as 40% of HOSTPLUS's portfolio is allocated to illiquid assets. He accepted he is in a comparatively lucky position ...

GSA an affordable alternative to DLAs: APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... seven days, but downplayed feared that stricter portability rules would discourage super funds from investing in illiquid assets like infrastructure. Turning attention to itself as a regulator, APRA said it would benefit from a more independent funding ...

IFM warns against foreign ownership of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... superannuation funds to be overweight in high liquidity assets." This, it said, results in a reluctance to invest in illiquid assets like infrastructure, leading to more foreign ownership. "Increased foreign ownership of Australian infrastructure will ...

AQUA II exemptions unfairly favour ASX: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... simple managed investment schemes, and excludes more complicated products such as hedge funds and schemes with illiquid assets. Only AMFS-listed funds will be exempt from the lengthy 'wet signatures' rule on product disclosure statements, making it much ...

Aurora targets retail investors with liquid hedge fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... other collective investment schemes. However, many derive their returns by exploiting price inefficiencies in illiquid assets, which means many are unsuitable for retail investors. Many even have redemption limits in their terms of investment. In its ...

Investors must push for PE transparency

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... better returns for everyone. "The importance of transparency is being able to understand that these long-term and illiquid assets are really achieving their expectations." "People really need to know what their exposures are, the GFC has heightened that. ...

SMSFs face fire-sales of illiquid assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
In the rush to purchase property assets, SMSF trustees may not be considering how these 'lumpy' holdings will be sold after their death, according to an SMSF advice and training provider. The consequences of this oversight could be the fire-sale of ...

Illiquid assets boost returns: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... members - all factors which tend to reduce liquidity needs - allocate a greater proportion of their portfolio to illiquid assets." Retail funds, in contrast, are giving the asset type a wide berth, noted the regulator. The APRA paper noted that factors ...

MTAA halts new money to 'illiquid' option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... requirements. The TRO includes a small allocation to cash, but comprises a "diverse portfolio of unlisted and generally illiquid assets", said the super fund. These assets will be hard to sell in a short period of time, if members were to withdraw their ...

Frontier and JANA join forces to address fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... include the use and structure of performance fees, quantum of fees, the need for a better-aligned approach for illiquid assets and the treatment of costs and the process of fee reviews. Among other issues, the principles address the desirability of performance ...