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Instos to buy more alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... alternative investment options, 94 per cent of Australian institutions favour real estate investments. Meanwhile expected returns on alternative investments were higher for private equity at 11.1 per cent as opposed to 9.8 and 9.4 per cent for real estate ...

The secret to MTAA's success

... Strategy', the fund's Balanced Option (default) has regularly been ranked as one of Australia's best superannuation funds by returns. According to Rainmaker Data, the MTAA default option is ranked fourth over 12 months with 18 per cent return but more ...

First Quadrant launches fund for all seasons

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
US-based investment manager First Quadrant has launched Global Macro Trust, which aims to generate returns for institutional investors regardless of market direction. Max Darnell, chief investment officer at First Quadrant, said the global macro return ...

MM over-diversification a myth: Russell

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... over-diversifies your portfolio, he said. "What got us involved in this research is the idea that lower tracking error means lower returns. Lower tracking error is a different story to what causes lower returns however." At the risk of stating the obvious ...

AIG expands insurance team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... has appointed Geoffrey Grace and Sarah Dobell to its insurance team to drive the company's customer service focus. Grace returns to AIG Life after spending five years managing life operations at AXA Asia Pacific. "It's my job to make sure that every ...

Retirees short on yield

... needed to be wary of income producing investments as managers have re-engineered investment products to generate greater returns, and in some instances created higher risk. The report recommends retirees use 'buy-write funds' that can provide growth ...

Integrity Australian Share rated 'recommended'

... managing director Paul Fiani said in a previous Financial Standard interview that the fund aims to deliver investment returns through a focus on after-tax investing and shareholder activism. Michelle Baltazar

All aboard SimCorp Xpress

... XpressInstruments was the company's response to buy-side investment professionals becoming "more innovative" with how they deliver returns. "There are two dominant trends driving this. One is that everybody's looking for efficiency gains and two, everybody's ...

Interest rates not the only monetary policy lever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... mortgage rate compared to the 8+per cent paid by Australians is incredibly attractive, the cost for this low rate is that returns paid by the CFP are generally only 2.5 per cent because the overwhelming majority of CPF assets are held as government bonds. ...

Apostle launches US small-mid cap

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
... characteristics of the companies, we end up investing in companies where the volatility is lower than the broader universe with high returns on assets and very good valuations," he said. Karyn West, managing director at Apostle Asset Management, said ...